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Kadokawa JI. Fabrication of Nanostructured Supramolecules through Helical Inclusion of Amylose toward Hydrophobic Polyester Guests, Biomimetically through Vine-Twining Polymerization Process. Biomimetics (Basel) 2023; 8:516. [PMID: 37999157 PMCID: PMC10669376 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics8070516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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This review article presents the biomimetic helical inclusion of amylose toward hydrophobic polyesters as guests through a vine-twining polymerization process, which has been performed in the glucan phosphorylase (GP)-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization field to fabricate supramolecules and other nanostructured materials. Amylose, which is a representative abundant glucose polymer (polysaccharide) with left-handed helical conformation, is well known to include a number of hydrophobic guest molecules with suitable geometry and size in its cavity to construct helical inclusion complexes. Pure amylose is prepared through enzymatic polymerization of α-d-glucose 1-phosphate as a monomer using a maltooligosaccharide as a primer, catalyzed by GP. It is reported that the elongated amylosic chain at the nonreducing end in enzymatic polymerization twines around guest polymers with suitable structures and moderate hydrophobicity, which is dispersed in aqueous polymerization media, to form amylosic nanostructured inclusion complexes. As the image of this system is similar to how vines of a plant grow around a support rod, this polymerization has been named 'vine-twining polymerization'. In particular, the helical inclusion behavior of the enzymatically produced amylose toward hydrophobic polyesters depending on their structures, e.g., chain lengths and substituents, has been systematically investigated in the vine-twining polymerization field. Furthermore, amylosic supramolecular network materials, such as hydrogels, are fabricated through vine-twining polymerization by using copolymers, where hydrophobic polyester guests or maltooligosaccharide primers are covalently modified on hydrophilic main-chain polymers. The vine-twining polymerization using such copolymers in the appropriate systems induces the formation of amylosic nanostructured inclusion complexes among them, which act as cross-linking points, giving rise to supramolecular networks at the nanoscale. The resulting materials form supramolecular hydrogels, films, and microparticles.
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- Jun-Ichi Kadokawa
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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Vine-Twining Inclusion Behavior of Amylose towards Hydrophobic Polyester, Poly(β-propiolactone), in Glucan Phosphorylase-Catalyzed Enzymatic Polymerization. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:life13020294. [PMID: 36836651 PMCID: PMC9958898 DOI: 10.3390/life13020294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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This study investigates inclusion behavior of amylose towards, poly(β-propiolactone) (PPL), that is a hydrophobic polyester, via the vine-twining process in glucan phosphorylase (GP, isolated from thermophilic bacteria, Aquifex aeolicus VF5)-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization. As a result of poor dispersibility of PPL in sodium acetate buffer, the enzymatically produced amylose by GP catalysis incompletely included PPL in the buffer media under the general vine-twining polymerization conditions. Alternatively, we employed an ethyl acetate-sodium acetate buffer emulsion system with dispersing PPL as the media for vine-twining polymerization. Accordingly, the GP (from thermophilic bacteria)-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization of an α-d-glucose 1-phosphate monomer from a maltoheptaose primer was performed at 50 °C for 48 h in the prepared emulsion to efficiently form the inclusion complex. The powder X-ray diffraction profile of the precipitated product suggested that the amylose-PPL inclusion complex was mostly produced in the above system. The 1H NMR spectrum of the product also supported the inclusion complex structure, where a calculation based on an integrated ratio of signals indicated an almost perfect inclusion of PPL in the amylosic cavity. The prevention of crystallization of PPL in the product was suggested by IR analysis, because it was surrounded by the amylosic chains due to the inclusion complex structure.
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Inclusion behavior of amylose toward hydrophobic polyester, poly(γ-butyrolactone), in vine-twining polymerization. Colloid Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-022-04989-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Kadokawa JI, Wada Y, Yamamoto K. Preparation of Amylose-Oligo[( R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] Inclusion Complex by Vine-Twining Polymerization. Molecules 2021; 26:2595. [PMID: 33946828 PMCID: PMC8124448 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26092595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In this study, we attempted to prepare an amylose-oligo[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] (ORHB) inclusion complex using a vine-twining polymerization approach. Our previous studies indicated that glucan phosphorylase (GP)-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization in the presence of appropriate hydrophobic guest polymers produces the corresponding amylose-polymer inclusion complexes, a process named vine-twining polymerization. When vine-twining polymerization was conducted in the presence of ORHB under general enzymatic polymerization conditions (45 °C), the enzymatically produced amylose did not undergo complexation with ORHB. However, using a maltotriose primer in the same polymerization system at 70 °C for 48 h to obtain water-soluble amylose, called single amylose, followed by cooling the system over 7 h to 45 °C, successfully induced the formation of the inclusion complex. Furthermore, enzymatic polymerization initiated from a longer primer under the same conditions induced the partial formation of the inclusion complex. The structures of the different products were analyzed by X-ray diffraction, 1H-NMR, and IR measurements. The mechanism of formation of the inclusion complexes discussed in the study is proposed based on the additional experimental results.
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- Jun-ichi Kadokawa
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan; (Y.W.); (K.Y.)
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Ikai T, Kawabata S, Mamiya F, Taura D, Ousaka N, Yashima E. Helix-Sense-Selective Encapsulation of Helical Poly(lactic acid)s within a Helical Cavity of Syndiotactic Poly(methyl methacrylate) with Helicity Memory. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:21913-21925. [PMID: 33315394 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We report a highly enantio- and helix-sense-selective encapsulation of helical poly(lactic acid)s (PLAs) through a unique "helix-in-helix" superstructure formation within the helical cavity of syndiotactic poly(methyl methacrylate) (st-PMMA) with a one-handed helicity memory, which enables the separation of the enantiomeric helices of the left (M)- and right (P)-handed-PLAs. The M- and P-helical PLAs with different molar masses and a narrow molar mass distribution were prepared by the ring-opening living polymerization of the optically pure l- and d-lactides, respectively, followed by end-capping of the terminal residues of the PLAs with a 4-halobenzoate and then a C60 unit, giving the C60-free and C60-bound M- and P-PLAs. The C60-free and C60-bound M- and P-PLAs formed crystalline inclusion complexes with achiral st-PMMA accompanied by a preferred-handed helix induction in the st-PMMA backbone, thereby producing helix-in-helix superstructures with the same-handedness to each other. The induced helical st-PMMAs were retained after replacement with the achiral C60, indicating the memory of the induced helicity of the st-PMMAs. Both the C60-free and C60-bound helical PLAs were enantio- and helix-sense selectively encapsulated into the helical hollow space of the optically active M- and P-st-PMMAs with the helicity memory prepared using chiral amines. The M- and P-PLAs are preferentially encapsulated within the M- and P-st-PMMA helical cavity with the same-handedness to each other, respectively, independent of the terminal units. The C60-bound PLAs were more efficiently and enantioselectively trapped in the st-PMMA compared to the C60-free PLAs. The enantioselectivities were highly dependent on the molar mass of the C60-bound and C60-free PLAs and significantly increased as the molar mass of the PLAs increased.
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- Tomoyuki Ikai
- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.,Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.,Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.,Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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Kadokawa JI, Orio S, Yamamoto K. Formation of microparticles from amylose-grafted poly(γ-glutamic acid) networks obtained by thermostable phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization. RSC Adv 2019; 9:16176-16182. [PMID: 35521363 PMCID: PMC9064375 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02999k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Amylose is a natural polysaccharide with helical conformation, which spontaneously forms water-insoluble assemblies, such as double helixes and inclusion complexes, at ambient temperatures in aqueous media, whereas it is synthesized as a water-soluble single chain by thermostable phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization at elevated temperatures in aqueous buffer solvents. In this study, we investigated the enzymatic polymerization at 80 °C using a primer-grafted poly(γ-glutamic acid) (PGA) in the presence or absence of poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) as a guest polymer for inclusion by amylose. Consequently, the produced amylose-grafted PGAs formed microparticles by cooling the mixtures at room temperature after the enzymatic polymerization in either the presence or the absence of PLLA. The particle sizes, which were evaluated by SEM measurement, were dependent on the feed ratios of PLLA. Based on the characterization results by the powder X-ray diffraction, IR, and dynamic light scattering measurements, a mechanism for the formation of the microparticles in the present system is proposed.
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- Jun-Ichi Kadokawa
- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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Preparation and Material Application of Amylose-Polymer Inclusion Complexes by Enzymatic Polymerization Approach. Polymers (Basel) 2017; 9:polym9120729. [PMID: 30966029 PMCID: PMC6418592 DOI: 10.3390/polym9120729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Revised: 12/10/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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This review presents our researches on the preparation and material application of inclusion complexes that comprises an amylose host and polymeric guests through phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization. Amylose is a well-known polysaccharide and forms inclusion complexes with various hydrophobic small molecules. Pure amylose is produced by enzymatic polymerization by using α-d-glucose 1-phosphate as a monomer and maltooligosaccharide as a primer catalyzed by phosphorylase. We determined that a propagating chain of amylose during enzymatic polymerization wraps around hydrophobic polymers present in the reaction system to form inclusion complexes. We termed this polymerization “vine-twining polymerization” because it is similar to the way vines of a plant grow around a rod. Hierarchical structured amylosic materials, such as hydrogels and films, were fabricated by inclusion complexation through vine-twining polymerization by using copolymers covalently grafted with hydrophobic guest polymers. The enzymatically produced amyloses induced complexation with the guest polymers in the intermolecular graft copolymers, which acted as cross-linking points to form supramolecular hydrogels. By including a film-formable main-chain in the graft copolymer, a supramolecular film was obtained through hydrogelation. Supramolecular polymeric materials were successfully fabricated through vine-twining polymerization by using primer-guest conjugates. The products of vine-twining polymerization form polymeric continuums of inclusion complexes, where the enzymatically produced amylose chains elongate from the conjugates included in the guest segments of the other conjugates.
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Tanaka T, Tsutsui A, Tanaka K, Yamamoto K, Kadokawa JI. Evaluation of Stability of Amylose Inclusion Complexes Depending on Guest Polymers and Their Application to Supramolecular Polymeric Materials. Biomolecules 2017; 7:E28. [PMID: 28294979 PMCID: PMC5372740 DOI: 10.3390/biom7010028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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This paper describes the evaluation of the stability of amylose-polymer inclusion complexes under solution state in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) depending on guest polymers. The three complexes were prepared by the vine-twining polymerization method using polytetrahydrofuran (PTHF), poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), and poly(l-lactide) (PLLA) as guest polymers. The stability investigation was conducted at desired temperatures (25, 30, 40, 60 °C) in DMSO solutions of the complexes. Consequently, the amylose-PTHF inclusion complex was dissociated at 25 °C, while the other complexes were stable under the same conditions. When the temperatures were elevated, the amylose-PCL and amylose-PLLA complexes were dissociated at 40 and 60 °C, respectively. We also found that amylose inclusion supramolecular polymers which were prepared by the vine-twining polymerization using primer-guest conjugates formed films by the acetylation of amylose segments. The film from acetylated amylose-PLLA supramolecular polymer had higher storage modulus than that from acetylated amylose-PTHF supramolecular polymer, as a function of temperature.
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- Tomonari Tanaka
- Department of Biobased Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan.
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- Department of Biobased Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 860-0065, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 860-0065, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 860-0065, Japan.
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Yashima E, Ousaka N, Taura D, Shimomura K, Ikai T, Maeda K. Supramolecular Helical Systems: Helical Assemblies of Small Molecules, Foldamers, and Polymers with Chiral Amplification and Their Functions. Chem Rev 2016; 116:13752-13990. [PMID: 27754649 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1198] [Impact Index Per Article: 149.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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In this review, we describe the recent advances in supramolecular helical assemblies formed from chiral and achiral small molecules, oligomers (foldamers), and helical and nonhelical polymers from the viewpoints of their formations with unique chiral phenomena, such as amplification of chirality during the dynamic helically assembled processes, properties, and specific functionalities, some of which have not been observed in or achieved by biological systems. In addition, a brief historical overview of the helical assemblies of small molecules and remarkable progress in the synthesis of single-stranded and multistranded helical foldamers and polymers, their properties, structures, and functions, mainly since 2009, will also be described.
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- Eiji Yashima
- Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University , Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University , Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University , Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University , Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University , Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University , Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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Kadokawa JI. Precision Synthesis of Functional Polysaccharide Materials by Phosphorylase-Catalyzed Enzymatic Reactions. Polymers (Basel) 2016; 8:E138. [PMID: 30979227 PMCID: PMC6432375 DOI: 10.3390/polym8040138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Revised: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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In this review article, the precise synthesis of functional polysaccharide materials using phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic reactions is presented. This particular enzymatic approach has been identified as a powerful tool in preparing well-defined polysaccharide materials. Phosphorylase is an enzyme that has been employed in the synthesis of pure amylose with a precisely controlled structure. Similarly, using a phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization, the chemoenzymatic synthesis of amylose-grafted heteropolysaccharides containing different main-chain polysaccharide structures (e.g., chitin/chitosan, cellulose, alginate, xanthan gum, and carboxymethyl cellulose) was achieved. Amylose-based block, star, and branched polymeric materials have also been prepared using this enzymatic polymerization. Since phosphorylase shows a loose specificity for the recognition of substrates, different sugar residues have been introduced to the non-reducing ends of maltooligosaccharides by phosphorylase-catalyzed glycosylations using analog substrates such as α-d-glucuronic acid and α-d-glucosamine 1-phosphates. By means of such reactions, an amphoteric glycogen and its corresponding hydrogel were successfully prepared. Thermostable phosphorylase was able to tolerate a greater variance in the substrate structures with respect to recognition than potato phosphorylase, and as a result, the enzymatic polymerization of α-d-glucosamine 1-phosphate to produce a chitosan stereoisomer was carried out using this enzyme catalyst, which was then subsequently converted to the chitin stereoisomer by N-acetylation. Amylose supramolecular inclusion complexes with polymeric guests were obtained when the phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization was conducted in the presence of the guest polymers. Since the structure of this polymeric system is similar to the way that a plant vine twines around a rod, this polymerization system has been named "vine-twining polymerization". Through this approach, amylose supramolecular network materials were fabricated using designed graft copolymers. Furthermore, supramolecular inclusion polymers were formed by vine-twining polymerization using primer⁻guest conjugates.
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- Jun-Ichi Kadokawa
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.
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Gotanda R, Yamamoto K, Kadokawa JI. Amylose Stereoselectively Includes Poly(d-alanine) to Form Inclusion Complex in Vine-Twining Polymerization: A Novel Saccharide-Peptide Supramolecular Conjugate. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201500498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Ryuya Gotanda
- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University; 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University; 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University; 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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Shoda SI, Uyama H, Kadokawa JI, Kimura S, Kobayashi S. Enzymes as Green Catalysts for Precision Macromolecular Synthesis. Chem Rev 2016; 116:2307-413. [PMID: 26791937 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 303] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The present article comprehensively reviews the macromolecular synthesis using enzymes as catalysts. Among the six main classes of enzymes, the three classes, oxidoreductases, transferases, and hydrolases, have been employed as catalysts for the in vitro macromolecular synthesis and modification reactions. Appropriate design of reaction including monomer and enzyme catalyst produces macromolecules with precisely controlled structure, similarly as in vivo enzymatic reactions. The reaction controls the product structure with respect to substrate selectivity, chemo-selectivity, regio-selectivity, stereoselectivity, and choro-selectivity. Oxidoreductases catalyze various oxidation polymerizations of aromatic compounds as well as vinyl polymerizations. Transferases are effective catalysts for producing polysaccharide having a variety of structure and polyesters. Hydrolases catalyzing the bond-cleaving of macromolecules in vivo, catalyze the reverse reaction for bond forming in vitro to give various polysaccharides and functionalized polyesters. The enzymatic polymerizations allowed the first in vitro synthesis of natural polysaccharides having complicated structures like cellulose, amylose, xylan, chitin, hyaluronan, and chondroitin. These polymerizations are "green" with several respects; nontoxicity of enzyme, high catalyst efficiency, selective reactions under mild conditions using green solvents and renewable starting materials, and producing minimal byproducts. Thus, the enzymatic polymerization is desirable for the environment and contributes to "green polymer chemistry" for maintaining sustainable society.
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- Shin-ichiro Shoda
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University , Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University , Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University , Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University , Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Center for Fiber & Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology , Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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Feng T, Li M, Zhou J, Zhuang H, Chen F, Ye R, Campanella O, Fang Z. Application of molecular dynamics simulation in food carbohydrate research—a review. INNOV FOOD SCI EMERG 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2015.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Tanaka T, Gotanda R, Tsutsui A, Sasayama S, Yamamoto K, Kimura Y, Kadokawa JI. Synthesis and gel formation of hyperbranched supramolecular polymer by vine-twining polymerization using branched primer–guest conjugate. POLYMER 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tanaka T, Sasayama S, Yamamoto K, Kimura Y, Kadokawa JI. Evaluating Relative Chain Orientation of Amylose and Poly(l
-lactide) in Inclusion Complexes Formed by Vine-Twining Polymerization Using Primer-Guest Conjugates. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201400603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Tomonari Tanaka
- Department of Biobased Materials Science; Graduate School of Science and Technology; Kyoto Institute of Technology; Matsugasaki Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry; Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University; 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry; Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University; 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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- Department of Biobased Materials Science; Graduate School of Science and Technology; Kyoto Institute of Technology; Matsugasaki Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry; Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University; 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
- Research Center for Environmentally Friendly Materials Engineering; Muroran Institute of Technology; 27-1 Mizumoto-cho Muroran Hokkaido 050-8585 Japan
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Tanaka T, Tsutsui A, Gotanda R, Sasayama S, Yamamoto K, Kadokawa JI. Synthesis of Amylose-Polyether Inclusion Supramolecular Polymers by Vine-twining Polymerization Using Maltoheptaose-functionalized Poly(tetrahydrofuran) as a Primer-guest Conjugate. J Appl Glycosci (1999) 2015. [DOI: 10.5458/jag.jag.jag-2015_016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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- Tomonari Tanaka
- Department of Biobased Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology
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- Department of Biobased Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University
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Hongen T, Taniguchi T, Nomura S, Kadokawa JI, Monde K. In Depth Study on Solution-State Structure of Poly(lactic acid) by Vibrational Circular Dichroism. Macromolecules 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/ma501020s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Takahiro Hongen
- Faculty
of Advanced Life Science, Frontier Research Center for Post-Genome
Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Kita 21 Nishi 11, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Faculty
of Advanced Life Science, Frontier Research Center for Post-Genome
Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Kita 21 Nishi 11, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School
of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School
of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Faculty
of Advanced Life Science, Frontier Research Center for Post-Genome
Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Kita 21 Nishi 11, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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Tanaka T, Sasayama S, Nomura S, Yamamoto K, Kimura Y, Kadokawa JI. An Amylose-Poly(l
-lactide) Inclusion Supramolecular Polymer: Enzymatic Synthesis by Means of Vine-Twining Polymerization Using a Primer-Guest Conjugate. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201300525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Tomonari Tanaka
- Department of Biobased Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology; Kyoto Institute of Technology; Matsugasaki Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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- Department of Biobased Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology; Kyoto Institute of Technology; Matsugasaki Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Chemical Engineering; Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
- Research Center for Environmentally Friendly Materials Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology; 27-1 Mizumoto-cho Muroran Hokkaido 050-8585 Japan
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Kadokawa JI. Architecture of amylose supramolecules in form of inclusion complexes by phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization. Biomolecules 2013; 3:369-85. [PMID: 24970172 PMCID: PMC4030954 DOI: 10.3390/biom3030369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Revised: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This paper reviews the architecture of amylose supramolecules in form of inclusion complexes with synthetic polymers by phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization. Amylose is known to be synthesized by enzymatic polymerization using α-d-glucose 1-phosphate as a monomer, by phosphorylase catalysis. When the phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization was conducted in the presence of various hydrophobic polymers, such as polyethers, polyesters, poly(ester-ether), and polycarbonates as a guest polymer, such inclusion supramolecules were formed by the hydrophobic interaction in the progress of polymerization. Because the representation of propagation in the polymerization is similar to the way that a vine of a plant grows, twining around a rod, this polymerization method for the formation of amylose-polymer inclusion complexes was proposed to be named "vine-twining polymerization". To yield an inclusion complex from a strongly hydrophobic polyester, the parallel enzymatic polymerization system was extensively developed. The author found that amylose selectively included one side of the guest polymer from a mixture of two resemblant guest polymers, as well as a specific range in molecular weights of the guest polymers poly(tetrahydrofuran) (PTHF) in the vine-twining polymerization. Selective inclusion behavior of amylose toward stereoisomers of chiral polyesters, poly(lactide)s, also appeared in the vine-twining polymerization.
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- Jun-Ichi Kadokawa
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.
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Kadokawa JI, Nomura S, Hatanaka D, Yamamoto K. Preparation of polysaccharide supramolecular films by vine-twining polymerization approach. Carbohydr Polym 2013; 98:611-7. [PMID: 23987389 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.06.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Revised: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In this study, we investigated the preparation of polysaccharide supramolecular films through the formation of inclusion complexes by amylose in vine-twining polymerization using carboxymethyl cellulose-graft-poly(ε-caprolactone) (CMC-g-PCL) as a new guest polymer. First, hydrogels were prepared by phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization in the presence of CMC-g-PCL according to the vine-twining polymerization manner. The XRD result of a powdered sample obtained by lyophilization of the resulting hydrogel indicated the presence of inclusion complexes of amylose with the PCL graft-chains between intermolecular (CMC-g-PCL)s, which acted as supramolecular cross-linking points for the hydrogelation. Then, the supramolecular films were obtained by adding water to the powdered samples, followed by drying. The mechanical properties of the selected films examined by tensile testing were superior to those of a CMC film. The effect of the supramolecular cross-linking structures on the mechanical properties of the films was evaluated further by several investigations.
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- Jun-ichi Kadokawa
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.
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Morimoto N, Yamazaki M, Tamada J, Akiyoshi K. Polysaccharide-hair cationic polypeptide nanogels: self-assembly and enzymatic polymerization of amylose primer-modified cholesteryl poly(L-lysine). LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:7509-7514. [PMID: 23621379 DOI: 10.1021/la3047774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In this study, we prepared a new associating polymer, ChMaPLL, by the substitution of the poly(L-lysine) moiety with oligosaccharide amylose primer and cholesterol. ChMaPLL formed positively charged polypeptide nanogels (~50 nm) via self-assembly in water. The nanogels showed a secondary structural transition to an α-helix structure induced by poly(L-lysine) in response to an increase in pH. Oligosaccharides of the nanogels reacted with the phosphorylase a enzyme. Amylose-conjugated nanogels were obtained by enzymatic polymerization. The elongation of the saccharide chain shielded the positive charge of the nanogels. The multiresponsive polysaccharide-polypeptide hybrid nanogels might prove to be useful in the areas of biotechnology and biomedicine.
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- Nobuyuki Morimoto
- Department of Materials Processing, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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Preparation and Applications of Amylose Supramolecules by Means of Phosphorylase-Catalyzed Enzymatic Polymerization. Polymers (Basel) 2012. [DOI: 10.3390/polym4010116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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