efficient and specific biocatalyst with advantages of low energy consumption
recyclability and high selectivity. It is more important that enzyme-catalyzed polymerization may lead to polymers which cannot be (easily) prepared by conventional chemical catalysis. Therefore
enzymatic polymerization possesses definite potential for industrialization. This review describes the development of enzyme catalyst
its catalytic mechanism as well as its character of preparation for polymeric materials with special structure and functionality. The lipase-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization is especially advantageous to condensation polymerization with the aspects of mid reaction condition and good control over molecular weight and structure. Therefore
lipase-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization to synthesize polymers of different topologies (linear