Macroporous beaded polymers of varying pore sizes were synthesized coated with polyethyleneimine and derivatized with glutaraldehyde to generate aldehyde pendant groups. Penicillin G acylase (EC 3.5.1.11) was immobilized by covalent binding and the performance of immobilized enzyme was evaluated in batch mode. The expression was estimated as 43%. The shift in pH optima was marginal. The optimum temperature shifted from 40 to 57-degrees-C and K(m) shifted from 31 to 12.8 mumol. Immobilization enhanced the thermal stability of the enzyme.