A process for preparing high stability, high activity biocatalytic
materials is disclosed and processes for using the same. The process
involves coating of a material or fiber with enzymes and enzyme aggregate
providing a material or fiber with high biocatalytic activity and
stability useful in heterogeneous environments. In one illustrative
approach, enzyme "seeds" are covalently attached to polymer nanofibers
followed by treatment with a reagent that crosslinks additional enzyme
molecules to the seed enzymes forming enzyme aggregates thereby improving
biocatalytic activity due to increased enzyme loading and enzyme
stability. This approach creates a useful new biocatalytic immobilized
enzyme system with potential applications in bioconversion,
bioremediation, biosensors, and biofuel cells.