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Miyako E, Maruyama T, Kamiya N, Goto M. A Supported Liquid Membrane Encapsulating a Surfactant-Lipase Complex for the Selective Separation of Organic Acids. Chemistry 2005; 11:1163-70. [PMID: 15645485 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200400691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We have developed a novel, lipase-facilitated, supported liquid membrane (SLM) for the selective separation of organic acids by encapsulating a surfactant-lipase complex in the liquid membrane phase. This system exhibited a high transport efficiency for 3-phenoxypropionic acid and enabled the selective separation of organic acids due to the different solubilities of the acids in the organic phase and the variable substrate specificity of the surfactant-lipase complex in the liquid membrane phase. We found that various parameters, such as the amount of surfactant-lipase complex in the SLM, the lipase concentration in the receiving phase, and the ethanol concentration in the feed phase, affected the transport behavior of organic acids. The optimum conditions were 5 g L(-1) of the surfactant-CRL complex in the SLM (CRL=lipase from Candida rugosa), 8 g L(-1) of PPL in the receiving phase (PPL=lipase from porcine pancreas), and an ethanol concentration of 50 vol %. Furthermore, we achieved high enantioselective transport of (S)-ibuprofen attributable to the enantioselectivity of the surfactant-CRL complex.
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- Eijiro Miyako
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Herricks TE, Kim SH, Kim J, Li D, Kwak JH, Grate JW, Kim SH, Xia Y. Direct fabrication of enzyme-carrying polymer nanofibers by electrospinning. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1039/b503660g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A study of the secondary structure of Candida antarctica lipase B using synchrotron radiation circular dichroism measurements. Enzyme Microb Technol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2004.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bruns N, Tiller JC. Amphiphilic network as nanoreactor for enzymes in organic solvents. NANO LETTERS 2005; 5:45-48. [PMID: 15792410 DOI: 10.1021/nl048413b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Enzymes are powerful biocatalysts that work naturally in water but are also active in organic solvents. Here, we present a nanophase-separated amphiphilic network, where an enzyme is entrapped into its hydrophilic domains. A substrate that diffuses into the other, hydrophobic, phase of such a network can access the biocatalyst via the extremely large interface. Entrapped horseradish peroxidase and chloroperoxidase showed dramatically increased activity and operational stability compared to the native enzymes.
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- Nico Bruns
- Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) and Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Strasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Baytas SN, Wang Q, Karst NA, Dordick JS, Linhardt RJ. Solid-phase chemoenzymatic synthesis of C-sialosides. J Org Chem 2004; 69:6900-3. [PMID: 15387620 PMCID: PMC4135478 DOI: 10.1021/jo0491298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The chemoenzymatic regioselective acylation of Neu5Ac followed by SmI2-mediated C-glycosylation on a solid support is described for five C-glycosides. This method should facilitate the construction of combinatorial libraries of inhibitors of neuraminidase activity and hemagglutinin interaction as potential antiviral agents.
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- Sultan N. Baytas
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
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- Division of Medicinal and Natural Product Chemistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- Division of Medicinal and Natural Product Chemistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- Department of Biology and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
- Department of Biology and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
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Yu X, Li Y, Wu D. Enzymatic synthesis of gallic acid esters using microencapsulated tannase: effect of organic solvents and enzyme specificity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2004.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Miyako E, Maruyama T, Kamiya N, Goto M. Highly Enantioselective Separation Using a Supported Liquid Membrane Encapsulating Surfactant−Enzyme Complex. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:8622-3. [PMID: 15250693 DOI: 10.1021/ja049378d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We developed a highly enantioselective separation system for the optically active compounds, (S)-ibuprofen and l-phenylalanine, from their racemic mixtures by employing a supported liquid membrane (SLM) encapsulating a surfactant-lipase complex (or a surfactant-alpha-chymotrypsin complex). In the present system, enzymes encapsulated in the liquid-membrane phase effectively drove the enantioselective transport of optically active compounds through the SLM. This novel SLM allowed high enantioselectivity (ee over 91%) in the optical resolution of racemic ibuprofen and phenylalanine.
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- Eijiro Miyako
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, PRESTO, JST, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Santos AM, González M, Pacheco Y, Griebenow K. Comparison of theoretical and experimental data to evaluate substrate diffusional limitations for crown ether- and methyl-beta-cyclodextrin-activated serine protease subtilisin Carlsberg in tetrahydrofuran. Biotechnol Bioeng 2003; 84:324-31. [PMID: 12968286 DOI: 10.1002/bit.10777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Simple co-lyophilization of serine protease subtilisin Carlsberg with [12]-crown ether-4 (12-crown-4) or methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD) drastically increases its catalytic activity in organic solvents. We investigated whether the improved activity would cause substrate diffusional limitations. To experimentally assess the issue, the enzyme was inactivated with PMSF. Different amounts of active and inactive subtilisin were codissolved in 10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.8) followed by lyophilization with or without 12-crown-4 or MbetaCD. Initial rates for the transesterification reaction of N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine ethyl ester and 1-propanol in anhydrous THF were plotted vs. the amount of active enzyme present in the formulations. For all three enzyme formulations a linear relationship was observed and the results clearly show that activation of subtilisin Carlsberg by crown ethers and MbetaCD did not cause diffusional limitations. This was somewhat surprising because theoretical models predicted such diffusional limitations for the activated formulations. However, investigation of the protein powder particles obtained after co-lyophilization with 12-crown-4 and MbetaCD revealed a drastically reduced particle size for these formulations when suspended in THF. The particle micronization afforded by the excipients prevented substrate diffusional limitations, a factor that should be taken into account when designing improved enzyme formulations for synthetic applications in organic solvents.
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- Angélica M Santos
- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, PO Box 23346, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Huang Q, Al-Azzam W, Griebenow K, Schweitzer-Stenner R. Heme structural perturbation of PEG-modified horseradish peroxidase C in aromatic organic solvents probed by optical absorption and resonance Raman dispersion spectroscopy. Biophys J 2003; 84:3285-98. [PMID: 12719258 PMCID: PMC1302889 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(03)70053-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The heme structure perturbation of poly(ethylene glycol)-modified horseradish peroxidase (HRP-PEG) dissolved in benzene and toluene has been probed by resonance Raman dispersion spectroscopy. Analysis of the depolarization ratio dispersion of several Raman bands revealed an increase of rhombic B(1g) distortion with respect to native HRP in water. This finding strongly supports the notion that a solvent molecule has moved into the heme pocket where it stays in close proximity to one of the heme's pyrrole rings. The interactions between the solvent molecule, the heme, and the heme cavity slightly stabilize the hexacoordinate high spin state without eliminating the pentacoordinate quantum mixed spin state that is dominant in the resting enzyme. On the contrary, the model substrate benzohydroxamic acid strongly favors the hexacoordinate quantum mixed spin state and induces a B(2g)-type distortion owing to its position close to one of the heme methine bridges. These results strongly suggest that substrate binding must have an influence on the heme geometry of HRP and that the heme structure of the enzyme-substrate complex (as opposed to the resting state) must be the key to understanding the chemical reactivity of HRP.
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- Qing Huang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3346 USA
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Characterization of polymer–enzyme complex as a novel biocatalyst for nonaqueous enzymology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1177(03)00009-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Altreuter DH, Dordick JS, Clark DS. Solid-phase peptide synthesis by ion-paired alpha-chymotrypsin in nonaqueous media. Biotechnol Bioeng 2003; 81:809-17. [PMID: 12557314 DOI: 10.1002/bit.10536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Solid-phase synthesis of dipeptides in low-water media was achieved using AOT ion-paired alpha-chymotrypsin solubilized in organic solvents. Multiple solvents and systematic variation of water activity, a(w), were used to examine the rate of coupling between N-alpha-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester (Z-Phe-OMe) and leucine as a function of the reaction medium for both solid-phase and solution-phase reactions. In solution, the observed maximum reaction rate in a given solvent generally correlated with measures of hydrophobicity such as the log of the 1-octanol/water partitioning coefficient (log P) and the Hildebrand solubility parameter. The maximum rate for solution-phase synthesis (13 mmol/h g-enzyme) was obtained in a 90/10 (v/v) isooctane/tetrahydrofuran solvent mixture at an a(w) of 0.30. For the synthesis of dipeptides from solid-phase leucine residues, the highest synthetic rates (0.14-1.3 mmol/h g-enzyme) were confined to solvent environments that fell inside abruptly defined regions of solvent parameter space (e.g., log P > 2.3 and normalized electron acceptance index <0.13). The maximum rate for solid-phase synthesis was obtained in a 90/10 (v/v) isooctane/tetrahydrofuran solvent mixture at an a(w) of 0.14. In 90/10 and 70/30 (v/v) isooctane/tetrahydrofuran environments with a(w) set to 0.14, seven different N-protected dipeptides were synthesized on commercially available Tentagel support with yields of 74-98% in 24 h.
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- David H Altreuter
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-1462, USA
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Effect of cationic and non-ionic surfactants on the hydrolysis of N-glutaryl-l-phenylalanine catalysed by chymotrypsin iso-enzymes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1177(02)00125-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Frank Bordusa
- Max-Planck Society, Research Unit Enzymology of Protein Folding, Weinbergweg 22, D-06120 Halle/Saale, Germany.
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Highly active enzyme formulations can be prepared for use in nonaqueous media. Considerable progress has been made in the past two years on gaining an improved mechanistic understanding of enzyme function and activation in dehydrated environments. This increased fundamental understanding has led to the development of a broad array of techniques for generating active, stable, and enantioselective and regioselective tailored enzymes for synthetically relevant transformations. This, in turn, is resulting in an exponential increase in the opportunities for enzymatic processes to be developed on a commercial scale.
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- Moo-Yeal Lee
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 12180, Troy, New York, USA
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Altreuter DH, Dordick JS, Clark DS. Optimization of ion-paired lipase for non-aqueous media: acylation of doxorubicin based on surface models of fatty acid esterification. Enzyme Microb Technol 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(02)00092-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Altreuter DH, Dordick JS, Clark DS. Nonaqueous biocatalytic synthesis of new cytotoxic doxorubicin derivatives: exploiting unexpected differences in the regioselectivity of salt-activated and solubilized subtilisin. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:1871-6. [PMID: 11866597 DOI: 10.1021/ja015977y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Two enzymes, Mucor javanicus lipase and subtilisin Carlsberg (SC), catalyzed the nonaqueous acylation of doxorubicin (DOX). Compared to the untreated enzyme the rate of DOX acylation at the C-14 position with vinyl butyrate in toluene was 25-fold higher by lipase ion-paired with Aerosol OT (AOT) and 5-fold higher by lipase activated by 98% (w/w) KCl co-lyophilization (3.21 and 0.67 mumol/min g-lipase, respectively, vs 0.13 mumol/min g-lipase). Particulate subtilisin Carlsberg (SC) was nearly incapable of DOX acylation, but ion-paired SC (AOT-SC) catalyzed acylation at a rate of 2.85 mumol/min g-protease. The M. javanicus formulations, AOT-SC, and SC exclusively acylated the C14 primary hydroxyl group of DOX. Co-lyophilization of SC with 98% (w/w) KCl expanded the enzyme's regiospecificity such that KCl-SC additionally acylated the C4' hydroxyl and C3' amine groups. The total rate of DOX conversion with KCl-SC was 56.7 mumol/min g-protease. The altered specificity of KCl-SC is a new property of the enzyme imparted by the salt activation, and represents the first report of unnatural regioselectivity exhibited by a salt-activated enzyme. Using AOT-SC catalysis, four unique selectively acylated DOX analogues were generated, and KCl-SC was used to prepare DOX derivatives acylated at the alternative sites. Cytotoxicities of select derivatives were evaluated against the MCF7 breast cancer cell line (DOX IC50 = 27 nM) and its multidrug-resistant sub-line, MCF7-ADR (DOX IC50 = 27 muM). The novel derivative 14-(2-thiophene acetate) DOX was relatively potent against both cell lines (IC50 of 65 nM and 8 muM, respectively) and the 14-(benzyl carbonate) DOX analogue was as potent as DOX against the MCF7 line (25 nM). Activated biocatalysts and their novel regioselectivity differences thus enabled single-step reaction pathways to an effective collection of doxorubicin analogues.
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- David H Altreuter
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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van Unen DJ, Engbersen JFJ, Reinhoudt DN. Why do crown ethers activate enzymes in organic solvents? Biotechnol Bioeng 2002; 77:248-55. [PMID: 11753933 DOI: 10.1002/bit.10032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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One of the major drawbacks of enzymes in nonaqueous solvents is that their activity is often dramatically low compared to that in water. This limitation can be largely overcome by crown ether treatment of enzymes. In this paper, we describe a number of carefully designed new experiments that have improved the insights into the mechanisms that are operative in the crown ether activation of enzymes in organic solvents. The enhancement of enzyme activity upon addition of 18-crown-6 to the organic solvent can be reconciled with a mechanism in which macrocyclic interactions of 18-crown-6 with the enzyme play an important role. Macrocyclic interactions (e.g., complexation with lysine ammonium groups of the enzyme) can lead to a reduced formation of inter- and intramolecular salt bridges and, consequently, to lowering of the kinetic conformational barriers, enabling the enzyme to refold into thermodynamically stable, catalytically (more) active conformations. This assumption is supported by the observation that the crown-ether-enhanced enzyme activity is retained after removal of the crown by washing with a dry organic solvent. A much stronger crown ether activation is observed when 18-crown-6 is added prior to lyophilization, and this can be explained by a combination of two effects: the before-mentioned macrocyclic complexation effect, and a less specific, nonmacrocyclic, lyoprotecting effect. The magnitude of the total crown ether effect depends on the polarity and thermodynamic water activity of the solvent, the activation being highest in dry and apolar media, where kinetic conformational barriers are highest. By determination of the specific activity of crown-ether-lyophilized enzyme as a function of the enzyme concentration, the macrocyclic crown ether (linearly dependent on the enzyme concentration) and the nonmacrocyclic lyoprotection effect (not dependent on the enzyme concentration) could be separated. These measurements reveal that the contribution of the nonmacrocyclic effect is significantly larger than the macrocyclic refolding effect.
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- Dirk-Jan van Unen
- Laboratory of Supramolecular Chemistry and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
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The incorporation of enzymes and other proteins into hydrophobic polymeric coatings and films has been investigated in this study with the goal of generating biologically active materials for biocatalysis, antifouling surfaces, and biorecognition. The protein-polymer composites are created using standard solution coating techniques with poly(methyl methacrylate), polystyrene, and poly(vinyl acetate) as polymers and alpha-chymotrypsin and trypsin as biocatalysts. The specific enzyme is first extracted into a nonpolar organic solvent using hydrophobic ion-pairing. The ion-paired enzyme is dried and redissolved into a solvent also miscible with the polymer. This solution is then poured over a surface and the solvent is allowed to evaporate to form the enzyme-containing coating, which can then be delaminated to form a film. Leaching of enzyme from and activity of the biocatalytic coatings and films were evaluated. The biocatalytic coatings showed no loss of activity over ca. one week. For the biocatalytic films, the leaching rate was initially high followed by a slow rate of enzyme loss. Activity was measurable for at least one month, with only ca. one-third of the initial activity lost in that time, while, being continuously incubated in a buffer solution. Activity was also exhibited on macromolecular (protein) substrates. The biocatalytic coatings could be reused over 100 times with only a modest loss of activity. Finally, coatings and films containing a lectin (Concanavalin A) were capable of selectively binding to glycoproteins, thereby extending the application of such films for use in bioseparations and biorecognition.
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- Scott J Novick
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Tsukube H, Yamada T, Shinoda S. Crown ether strategy toward chemical activation of biological protein functions. J Heterocycl Chem 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.5570380624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ru MT, Wu KC, Lindsay JP, Dordick JS, Reimer JA, Clark DS. Towards more active biocatalysts in organic media: increasing the activity of salt-activated enzymes. Biotechnol Bioeng 2001; 75:187-96. [PMID: 11536141 DOI: 10.1002/bit.1178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The activation of freeze-dried subtilisin Carlsberg (SC) in hexane has been systematically studied and partially optimized with respect to the freezing method, the addition of inorganic salts and lyoprotectants, the initial concentration and final weight percent of additives, and the amount of water added to the organic solvent. Activity and water content were found to correlate directly with the kosmotropicity of the activating salt (kosmotropic salts bind water molecules strongly relative to the strength of water-water interactions in bulk solution). Combinations of kosmotropic salts with known lyoprotectants such as poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and sugars did not yield an appreciably more active catalyst. However, the combination of the kosmotropic sodium acetate with the strongly buffering sodium carbonate activated the enzyme more than the individual additives alone. Enzyme activity was enhanced further by the addition of small amounts of water to the organic solvent. Under optimal conditions, enzyme activity in hexane was improved over 27,000-fold relative to the salt-free enzyme, reaching a catalytic efficiency that was within one order of magnitude of k(cat)/K(m) for hydrolysis of the same substrate in aqueous buffer. Further activation to attain even higher catalytic efficiencies may be possible with additional optimization.
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- M T Ru
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Wang P, Dai S, Waezsada SD, Tsao AY, Davison BH. Enzyme stabilization by covalent binding in nanoporous sol-gel glass for nonaqueous biocatalysis. Biotechnol Bioeng 2001; 74:249-55. [PMID: 11400098 DOI: 10.1002/bit.1114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A unique nanoporous sol-gel glass possessing a highly ordered porous structure (with a pore size of 153 A in diameter) was examined for use as a support material for enzyme immobilization. A model enzyme, alpha-chymotrypsin, was efficiently bound onto the glass via a bifunctional ligand, trimethoxysilylpropanal, with an active enzyme loading of 0.54 wt%. The glass-bound chymotrypsin exhibited greatly enhanced stability both in aqueous solution and organic solvents. The half-life of the glass-bound alpha-chymotrypsin was >1000-fold higher than that of the native enzyme, as measured either in aqueous buffer or anhydrous methanol. The enhanced stability in methanol, which excludes the possibility of enzyme autolysis, particularly reflected that the covalent binding provides effective protection against enzyme inactivation caused by structural denaturation. In addition, the activity of the immobilized alpha-chymotrypsin was also much higher than that of the native enzyme in various organic solvents. From these results, it appears that the glass-enzyme complex developed in the present work can be used as a high-performance biocatalyst for various chemical processing applications, particularly in organic media. Published by John Wiley & Sons
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- P Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, USA
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Santos AM, Vidal M, Pacheco Y, Frontera J, Báez C, Ornellas O, Barletta G, Griebenow K. Effect of crown ethers on structure, stability, activity, and enantioselectivity of subtilisin Carlsberg in organic solvents. Biotechnol Bioeng 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.1120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Okazaki SY, Goto M, Furusaki S, Wariishi H, Tanaka H. Preparation and catalytic performance of surfactant-manganese peroxidase-Mn(II) ternary complex in organic media. Enzyme Microb Technol 2001; 28:329-332. [PMID: 11240187 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(00)00344-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A novel preparation method for surfactant-MnP-Mn(II) ternary complex utilizing water-in-oil emulsions has been developed. The surfactant-MnP complex was spectroscopically characterized, strongly suggesting that the heme environment of the surfactant-MnP complex in benzene is identical to that of native MnP in the aqueous buffer. o-Phenylenediamine oxidation catalyzed by the surfactant-MnP-Mn(II) ternary complex was performed in benzene. The ternary complex efficiently catalyzed the oxidation, and the complex was catalytically stable. Kinetic experiments revealed that the reaction mechanism was as follows: MnP is oxidized by H(2)O(2) and the oxidized intermediate catalyzes the oxidation of Mn(II) to Mn(III) and the latter, after complexed with malonate, readily oxidizes o-PDA inside the complex. Thus, the organic substrate o-PDA, but not Mn(III), shuttled between the surfactant-MnP-Mn(II) ternary complex and organic solvent.
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- S -y. Okazaki
- Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 812-8581, Fukuoka, Japan
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The technological utility of enzymes can be enhanced greatly by using them in organic solvents rather than their natural aqueous reaction media. Studies over the past 15 years have revealed not only that this change in solvent is feasible, but also that in such seemingly hostile environments enzymes can catalyse reactions impossible in water, become more stable, and exhibit new behaviour such as 'molecular memory'. Of particular importance has been the discovery that enzymatic selectivity, including substrate, stereo-, regio- and chemoselectivity, can be markedly affected, and sometimes even inverted, by the solvent. Enzyme-catalysed reactions in organic solvents, and even in supercritical fluids and the gas phase, have found numerous potential applications, some of which are already commercialized.
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- A M Klibanov
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA.
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Schmid A, Dordick JS, Hauer B, Kiener A, Wubbolts M, Witholt B. Industrial biocatalysis today and tomorrow. Nature 2001; 409:258-68. [PMID: 11196655 DOI: 10.1038/35051736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1574] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The use of biocatalysis for industrial synthetic chemistry is on the verge of significant growth. Biocatalytic processes can now be carried out in organic solvents as well as aqueous environments, so that apolar organic compounds as well as water-soluble compounds can be modified selectively and efficiently with enzymes and biocatalytically active cells. As the use of biocatalysis for industrial chemical synthesis becomes easier, several chemical companies have begun to increase significantly the number and sophistication of the biocatalytic processes used in their synthesis operations.
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- A Schmid
- Institute of Biotechnology, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich, Switzerland
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Xie J, Hsieh YL. Enzyme-catalyzed transesterification of vinyl esters on cellulose solids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.1170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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van de Velde F, Bakker M, van Rantwijk F, Sheldon RA. Chloroperoxidase-catalyzed enantioselective oxidations in hydrophobic organic media. Biotechnol Bioeng 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/1097-0290(20010305)72:5<523::aid-bit1016>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Studies on the mechanism of crown-ether-induced activation of enzymes in non-aqueous media. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1177(00)00033-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Gill I, Ballesteros A. Bioencapsulation within synthetic polymers (Part 2): non-sol-gel protein-polymer biocomposites. Trends Biotechnol 2000; 18:469-79. [PMID: 11058788 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7799(00)01493-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Since the introduction of sol-gel bioencapsulation and the demonstration that biological function can be incorporated into, and preserved within, polymer matrices, a number of alternative polymers have been used to immobilize proteins. Various enzymes have been trapped in such diverse polymers as epoxy-amine resins, polyvinyl plastics, polyurethane foams and silicone elastomers. Together with sol-gel encapsulates, these biocomposites represent a powerful approach for immobilizing biological materials for applications as biosensors and biocatalysts, and hold promise as bioactive, fouling-resistant polymers for environmental, food and medical uses. Although still at the developmental stage, these biocomposites promise to revolutionize the whole arena of high-performance bioimmobilization.
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- I Gill
- Biotransformations Department, Biotechnology Center of Excellence, Roche Vitamins Inc., Building 102, Nutley, NJ 07110-1199, USA.
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Morgan B, Zaks A, Dodds DR, Liu J, Jain R, Megati S, Njoroge FG, Girijavallabhan VM. Enzymatic kinetic resolution of piperidine atropisomers: synthesis of a key intermediate of the farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor, SCH66336. J Org Chem 2000; 65:5451-9. [PMID: 10970281 DOI: 10.1021/jo991513v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The resolution of secondary amines via enzyme-catalyzed acylation is a relatively rare process. The kinetic resolution of a series of intermediates of SCH66336 (1), by either enzymatic acylation of the pendant piperidine (4, 5) or hydrolysis of the corresponding carbamate 3, was investigated. In the case of 4, the molecule exists as a pair of enantiomers due to atropisomerism about the exocyclic double bond. The enzymatic acylation of (+/-)-4 was optimized in terms of acylating agent, solvent, and moisture content. The use of lipase, Toyobo LIP-300, and trifluoroethyl isobutyrate as acylating agent resulted in isobutyrylation of the (+)-enantiomer, which is easily separated from the unwanted (-)-4. Hydrolysis of the isobutyramide 6c yielded the desired (+)-4 in high enantiomeric excess. (-)-4 may be recovered from the resolution step, racemized, and resubjected to enzymatic acylation to increase material throughput.
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- B Morgan
- Biotransformations Group, Schering-Plough Research Institute, U-13-3000, 1011 Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083, USA
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Yamada T, Shinoda S, Kikawa K, Ichimura A, Teraoka J, Takui T, Tsukube H. Supramolecular complex of cytochrome c with lariat ether: solubilization, redox behavior and catalytic activity of cytochrome c in methanol. Inorg Chem 2000; 39:3049-56. [PMID: 11196900 DOI: 10.1021/ic991286f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A variety of lariat ethers were employed to solubilize water-soluble cytochrome c in methanol, in which alcohol, ether, ester, amine, and amide functionalities were attached as cation-ligating side arms to 18-crown-6, 15-crown-5, and 12-crown-4 rings. Among these lariat ethers, the alcohol-armed 18-crown-6 derivative offered the highest solubilization efficiency for cytochrome c via supramolecular complexation. The resulting cytochrome c-lariat ether complexes were electrochemically and spectroscopically characterized and confirmed to have redox-active heme structures of 6-coordinate low-spin population in methanol. Some of them catalyzed the oxidation of pinacyanol chloride with hydrogen peroxide in methanol and exhibited higher activities than unmodified cytochrome c and its poly(ethylene glycolated) derivative. Since the supramolecular complexation between lariat ether and cytochrome c includes extremely simple procedures, it provides a facile preparation method of effective biocatalysts working in organic solvents from metalloproteins.
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- T Yamada
- Departments of Chemistry and Material Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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UV scanning of alpha-chymotrypsin dissolved in neat glycerol and water showed no significant differences in its spectra at pH 7.8. Fluorescence scanning revealed a strong dependence on pH values (between 5.9 to 10.5) of the maximum wavelength emission in water and no pH-dependence in 99% glycerol supplemented with 1% of appropriate buffers. The profile of alpha-chymotrypsin activity dissolved in water-glycerol mixtures with phenyl acetate as substrate displayed two maximum: highest peak was found at 100% water, and the second one was observed in 99% glycerol concentration with about 40% of the relative activity. Optimum pH of the soluble alpha-chymotrypsin in glycerol showed a displacement of 1 pH/U towards the alkaline side compared to water at pH 8.0. Kinetic and thermodynamic analysis using kinetic measurements of the thermal stability of alpha-chymotrypsin showed a higher inactivation rate in neat glycerol as compared to water in 30 to 45 degrees C range, however, when temperature increases enzyme stability in glycerol is better than water. Thermostability of trypsin and alpha-chymotrypsin dissolved in glycerol at 100 degrees C showed a half reaction time of approximately 7 and 20 h, respectively, and less than 1 minute in aqueous buffer for both enzymes.
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The affects of polymer chemistry on the organic solvent activity of alpha-chymotrypsin-containing biocatalytic plastic materials are investigated in this study. To incorporate alpha-chymotrypsin into the polymer, the enzyme is first acryloylated, then solubilized into organic solvents via hydrophobic ion paring with surfactant molecules. Once in the organic solvent, a vinyl monomer and crosslinker are added and copolymerized with the enzyme. Due to the intimate contact between the enzyme and the resulting polymer network, the polymer chemistry plays an important role in the activity of these biocatalytic materials. The chemical composition of the monomer/polymer has the greatest effect on catalytic activity. The activity spans a range of 100-fold and appears to correlate with the hydrophilicity of the monomer, with the lowest activity exhibited for poly(methyl methacrylate) and the highest for poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate). The effect of the chemical structure of the monomer/polymer appears to be an intrinsic kinetic effect, whereas other polymer chemistry conditions investigated, including crosslinker concentration and length and ratio of solvent:monomer during synthesis, appear to effect the rate of substrate diffusion, thereby affecting observed enzyme activity. Changes in the conditions of polymer synthesis can cause as much as a 20-fold change in activity for a given polymeric material. This is most likely due to an increase in the porosity of the materials, and thus a relaxation of diffusional limitations.
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- S J Novick
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USA
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Noritomi H, Almarsson Ö, Barletta GL, Klibanov AM. The influence of the mode of enzyme preparation on enzymatic enantioselectivity in organic solvents and its temperature dependence. Biotechnol Bioeng 2000; 51:95-9. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19960705)51:1<95::aid-bit11>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Tsai SW, Dordick JS. Extraordinary enantiospecificity of lipase catalysis in organic media induced by purification and catalyst engineering. Biotechnol Bioeng 2000; 52:296-300. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19961020)52:2<296::aid-bit9>3.0.co;2-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Claffey DJ, Meyer JD, Beauvais R, Brandt T, Shefter E, Kroll DJ, Ruth JA, Manning MC. Long chain arginine esters: A new class of cationic detergents for preparation of hydrophobic ion-paired complexes. Biochem Cell Biol 2000. [DOI: 10.1139/o99-072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The ability of stoichiometric amounts (based on charged groups) of ionic detergents to bind to oppositely charged ionic compounds has been recently reviewed. These hydrophobic ion-paired (HIP) complexes display altered solubility properties. Most of the work to date on HIP compelxes has focused on basic drugs and anionic detergents. It would be extremely useful to extend this approach to acidic compounds, including DNA and RNA. However, most cationic detergents are relatively toxic. It is hypothesized that detergents constructed from naturally occurring or well tolerated components, coupled by labile linkages, will be less toxic and still able to form strong HIP complexes. This study describes the synthesis and characterization of long chain alkyl esters of arginine. This class of cationic detergents, which have not been reported previously, are less cytotoxic than alkyltrimethylammonium detergents, possibly making them more acceptable in drug delivery applications. These arginine esters exhibit detergent-like properties. For example, the dodecyl ester of arginine has a critical micelle concentration of 0.07 mM, while being approximately 5-10 fold less toxic than tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide. The arginine dodecyl ester forms stable HIP complexes with plasmid DNA. The complex is sufficiently stable to allow some modest level of transfection with Cos-7 cells in a time- and concentration-dependent fashion. This work demonstrates that arginine-based cationic detergents are effective ion-pairing agents, appear to be less toxic than alkyltrimethylammonium compounds, and form stable complexes with DNA.
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Griebenow K, Laureano YD, Santos AM, Clemente IM, Rodríguez L, Vidal MW, Barletta G. Improved Enzyme Activity and Enantioselectivity in Organic Solvents by Methyl-β-cyclodextrin. J Am Chem Soc 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/ja990515u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ru MT, Dordick JS, Reimer JA, Clark DS. Optimizing the salt-induced activation of enzymes in organic solvents: effects of lyophilization time and water content. Biotechnol Bioeng 1999; 63:233-41. [PMID: 10099600 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19990420)63:2<233::aid-bit12>3.0.co;2-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The addition of simple inorganic salts to aqueous enzyme solutions prior to lyophilization results in a dramatic activation of the dried powder in organic media relative to enzyme with no added salt. Activation of both the serine protease subtilisin Carlsberg and lipase from Mucor javanicus resulting from lyophilization in the presence of KCl was highly sensitive to the lyophilization time and water content of the sample. Specifically, for a preparation containing 98% (w/w) KCl, 1% (w/w) phosphate buffer, and 1% (w/w) enzyme, varying the lyophilization time showed a direct correlation between water content and activity up to an optimum, beyond which the activity decreased with increasing lyophilization time. The catalytic efficiency in hexane varied as much as 13-fold for subtilisin Carlsberg and 11-fold for lipase depending on the lyophilization time. This dependence was apparently a consequence of including the salt, as a similar result was not observed for the enzyme freeze-dried without KCl. In the case of subtilisin Carlsberg, the salt-induced optimum value of kcat/Km for transesterification in hexane was over 20,000-fold higher than that for salt-free enzyme, a substantial improvement over the previously reported enhancement of 3750-fold (Khmelnitsky, 1994). As was found previously for pure enzyme, the salt-activated enzyme exhibited greatest activity when lyophilized from a solution of pH equal to the pH for optimal activity in water. The active-site content of the lyophilized enzyme samples also depended upon lyophilization time and inclusion of salt, with opposite trends in this dependence observed for the solvents hexane and tetrahydrofuran. Finally, substrate selectivity experiments suggested that mechanism(s) other than selective partitioning of substrate into the enzyme-salt matrix are responsible for salt-induced activation of enzymes in organic solvents.
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- M T Ru
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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García-Alles LF, Gotor V. Lipase-catalyzed transesterification in organic media: Solvent effects on equilibrium and individual rate constants. Biotechnol Bioeng 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19980920)59:6<684::aid-bit5>3.0.co;2-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Engbersen JF, Reinhoudt DN. Large acceleration of alpha-chymotrypsin-catalyzed dipeptide formation by 18-crown-6 in organic solvents. Biotechnol Bioeng 1998; 59:553-6. [PMID: 10099371 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19980905)59:5<553::aid-bit4>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The effects of 18-crown-6 on the synthesis of peptides catalyzed by alpha-chymotrypsin are reported. Lyophilization of the enzyme in the presence of 50 equivalents of 18-crown-6 results in a 425-fold enhanced activity when the reaction between the 2-chloroethylester of N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine and L-phenylalaninamide is carried out in acetonitrile. Addition of crown ether renders the dipeptide synthesis in nonaqueous solvents catalyzed by alpha-chymotrypsin possible on a preparative scale. The acceleration is observed in different solvents and for various peptide precursors. Copyright 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Bedell BA, Mozhaev VV, Clark DS, Dordick JS. Testing for diffusion limitations in salt-activated enzyme catalysts operating in organic solvents. Biotechnol Bioeng 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19980620)58:6<654::aid-bit12>3.0.co;2-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Michels PC, Khmelnitsky YL, Dordick JS, Clark DS. Combinatorial biocatalysis: a natural approach to drug discovery. Trends Biotechnol 1998; 16:210-5. [PMID: 9621460 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7799(98)01190-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nature's most potent molecules are produced by enzyme-catalysed reactions, coupled with the natural selection of those products that possess optimal biological activity. Combinatorial biocatalysis harnesses the natural diversity of enzymatic reactions for the iterative synthesis of organic libraries. Iterative reactions can be performed using isolated enzymes or whole cells, in natural and unnatural environments, and on substrates in solution or on a solid phase. Combinatorial biocatalysis is a powerful addition to the expanding array of combinatorial methods for the generation and optimization of lead compounds in drug discovery and development.
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- P C Michels
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Water is fundamental for enzyme action and for formation of the three-dimensional structure of proteins. Hence, it may be assumed that studies on the interplay between water and enzymes can yield insight into enzyme function and formation. This has proven correct, because the numerous studies that have been made on the behavior of water-soluble and membrane enzymes in systems with a low water content (reverse micelles or enzymes suspended in nonpolar organic solvents) have revealed properties of enzymes that are not easily appreciated in aqueous solutions. In the low water systems, it has been possible to probe the relation between solvent and enzyme kinetics, as well as some of the factors that affect enzyme thermostability and catalysis. Furthermore, the studies show that low water environments can be used to stabilize conformers that exhibit unsuspected catalytic properties, as well as intermediates of enzyme function and formation that in aqueous media have relatively short life-times. The structure of enzymes in these unnatural conditions is actively being explored.
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Wang P, Sergeeva MV, Lim L, Dordick JS. Biocatalytic plastics as active and stable materials for biotransformations. Nat Biotechnol 1997; 15:789-93. [PMID: 9255796 DOI: 10.1038/nbt0897-789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Enzyme-containing polymeric materials have been developed that have high activity and stability in both aqueous and organic media. These biocatalytic plastics, containing alpha-chymotrypsin and subtilisin Carlsberg, can contain up to 50% (w/w) total protein in plastic materials such as poly(methyl methacrylate, styrene, vinyl acetate, and ethyl vinyl ether). The activation achieved in organic solvents by incorporating proteases in plastic matrices allows for the efficient synthesis of peptides, and sugar and nucleoside esters. The marriage of enzyme technology with polymer chemistry opens up an array of unique applications for plastic enzymes, including active and stable biocatalysts in paints, coatings, resins, foams, and beads, as well as membranes, fibers, and tubings.
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- P Wang
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Rich JO, Dordick JS. Controlling Subtilisin Activity and Selectivity in Organic Media by Imprinting with Nucleophilic Substrates. J Am Chem Soc 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/ja9637715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Joseph O. Rich
- Contribution from the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing, and Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing, and Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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