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Oluwabunmi KE, Zhao W, D’Souza NA. Carbon Capture Utilization for Biopolymer Foam Manufacture: Thermal, Mechanical and Acoustic Performance of PCL/PHBV CO 2 Foams. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13152559. [PMID: 34372162 PMCID: PMC8347200 DOI: 10.3390/polym13152559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Biopolymer foams manufactured using CO2 enables a novel intersection for economic, environmental, and ecological impact but limited CO2 solubility remains a challenge. PHBV has low solubility in CO2 while PCL has high CO2 solubility. In this paper, PCL is used to blend into PBHV. Both unfoamed and foamed blends are examined. Foaming the binary blends at two depressurization stages with subcritical CO2 as the blowing agent, produced open-cell and closed-cell foams with varying cellular architecture at different PHBV concentrations. Differential Scanning Calorimetry results showed that PHBV had some solubility in PCL and foams developed a PCL rich, PHBV rich and mixed phase. Scanning Electron Microscopy and pcynometry established cell size and density which reflected benefits of PCL presence. Acoustic performance showed limited benefits from foaming but mechanical performance of foams showed a significant impact from PHBV presence in PCL. Thermal performance reflected that foams were affected by the blend thermal conductivity, but the impact was significantly higher in the foams than in the unfoamed blends. The results provide a pathway to multifunctional performance in foams of high performance biopolymers such as PBHV through harnessing the CO2 miscibility of PCL.
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- Kayode E. Oluwabunmi
- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76207, USA; (K.E.O.); (W.Z.)
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76207, USA; (K.E.O.); (W.Z.)
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76207, USA; (K.E.O.); (W.Z.)
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76207, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-940-565-2979
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Shahid S, Razzaq S, Farooq R, Nazli ZIH. Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Next generation natural biomolecules and a solution for the world's future economy. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 166:297-321. [PMID: 33127548 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.10.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Petrochemical plastics have become a cause of pollution for decades and finding alternative plastics that are environmental friendly. Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a biopolyester produced by microbial cells, has characteristics (biocompatible, biodegradable, non-toxic) that make it appropriate as a biodegradable plastic substance. The different forms of PHA make it suitable to a wide choice of products, from packaging materials to biomedical applications. The major challenge in commercialization of PHA is the cost of manufacturing. There are a lot of factors that could affect the efficiency of a development method. The development of new strategic parameters for better synthesis, including consumption of low cost carbon substrates, genetic modification of PHA-producing strains, and fermentational strategies are discussed. Recently, many efforts have been made to develop a method for the cost-effective production of PHAs. The isolation, analysis as well as characterization of PHAs are significant factors for any developmental process. Due to the biodegradable and biocompatible properties of PHAs, they are majorly used in biomedical applications such as vascular grafting, heart tissue engineering, skin tissue repairing, liver tissue engineering, nerve tissue engineering, bone tissue engineering, cartilage tissue engineering and therapeutic carrier. The emerging and interesting area of research is the development of self-healing biopolymer that could significantly broaden the operational life and protection of the polymeric materials for a broad range of uses. Biodegradable and biocompatible polymers are considered as the green materials in place of petroleum-based plastics in the future.
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- Salma Shahid
- Department of Biochemistry, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Castro LM, Foong CP, Higuchi-Takeuchi M, Morisaki K, Lopes EF, Numata K, Mota AJ. Microbial prospection of an Amazonian blackwater lake and whole-genome sequencing of bacteria capable of polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis. Polym J 2020. [DOI: 10.1038/s41428-020-00424-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Perveen K, Masood F, Hameed A. Preparation, characterization and evaluation of antibacterial properties of epirubicin loaded PHB and PHBV nanoparticles. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 144:259-266. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.12.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Al Hosni AS, Pittman JK, Robson GD. Microbial degradation of four biodegradable polymers in soil and compost demonstrating polycaprolactone as an ideal compostable plastic. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2019; 97:105-114. [PMID: 31447017 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2019] [Revised: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Plastics are an indispensable material but also a major environmental pollutant. In contrast, biodegradable polymers have the potential to be compostable. The biodegradation of four polymers as discs, polycaprolactone (PCL), polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), polylactic acid (PLA) and poly(1,4 butylene) succinate (PBS) was compared in soil and compost over a period of more than 10 months at 25 °C, 37 °C and 50 °C. Degradation rates varied between the polymers and incubation temperatures but PCL showed the fastest degradation rate under all conditions and was completely degraded when buried in compost and incubated at 50 °C after 91 days. Furthermore, PCL strips showed a significant reduction in tensile strength in just 2 weeks when incubated in compost >45 °C. Various fungal strains growing on the polymer surfaces were identified by sequence analysis. Aspergillus fumigatus was most commonly found at 25 °C and 37 °C, while Thermomyces lanuginosus, which was abundant at 50 °C, was associated with PCL degradation.
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- Asma S Al Hosni
- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Agbolaghi S, Abbaspoor S, Abbasi F. A comprehensive review on polymer single crystals—From fundamental concepts to applications. Prog Polym Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2017.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Mok PS, Ch’ng DHE, Ong SP, Numata K, Sudesh K. Characterization of the depolymerizing activity of commercial lipases and detection of lipase-like activities in animal organ extracts using poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) thin film. AMB Express 2016; 6:97. [PMID: 27730572 PMCID: PMC5059232 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-016-0230-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB-co-4HB)] is one of the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) copolymers which can be degraded by lipases. In this study, the depolymerizing activity of different known commercial lipases was investigated via microassay using P(3HB-co-92 mol % 4HB) thin film as substrate. Non-enzymatic hydrolysis occurred under conditions in which buffers with pH 12 and 13 were added or temperature of 50 °C and above. Different concentrations of metal ions or detergents alone did not cause the film hydrolysis. The depolymerizing activity of lipases on P(3HB-co-4HB) was optimum in the pH range of 6–8 and at temperatures between 30 and 50 °C. Addition of metal ions and detergents in different concentrations was also shown to cause variable effects on the depolymerizing activity of commercial lipases. Pancreatic extracts from both mouse and chicken showed similar depolymerizing activity as the commercial lipases on the P(3HB-co-4HB) film. The presence of lipolytic enzymes in the organ extracts was confirmed with another lipase activity assay, p-nitrophenyl laurate assay. For the first time this has produced a direct evidence for the involvement of lipase-like enzymes from animal in the degradation of this PHA. Lipase is most likely the enzyme from pancreas that was involved in the degradation.
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Niegelhell K, Süßenbacher M, Jammernegg K, Ganner T, Schwendenwein D, Schwab H, Stelzer F, Plank H, Spirk S. Enzymes as Biodevelopers for Nano- And Micropatterned Bicomponent Biopolymer Thin Films. Biomacromolecules 2016; 17:3743-3749. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b01263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Katrin Niegelhell
- Graz University of Technology, Institute for
Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Graz University of Technology, Institute for
Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Graz University of Technology, Institute for
Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Graz University of Technology, Institute for
Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis, Steyrergasse 17, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Graz University of Technology, Institute for
Molecular Biotechnology, Petersgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Graz University of Technology, Institute for
Molecular Biotechnology, Petersgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Graz University of Technology, Institute for
Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Graz University of Technology, Institute for
Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis, Steyrergasse 17, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Graz University of Technology, Institute for
Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
- University of Maribor, Institute for Engineering and
Design of Materials, Smetanova
Ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
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Numata K. Poly(amino acid)s/polypeptides as potential functional and structural materials. Polym J 2015. [DOI: 10.1038/pj.2015.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Masood F, Yasin T, Hameed A. Polyhydroxyalkanoates - what are the uses? Current challenges and perspectives. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2014; 35:514-21. [PMID: 24963700 DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2014.913548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Over the past few decades, a considerable attention has been focused on the microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) owing to its multifaceted properties, i.e. biodegradability, biocompatibility, non-toxicity and thermo-plasticity. This article presents a critical review of the foregoing research, current trends and future perspectives on the value added applications of PHAs in the biomedical, environmental and industrial domains of life.
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- Farha Masood
- a Department of Biosciences , COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) , Islamabad , Pakistan .,b Department of Microbiology , Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) , Islamabad , Pakistan , and
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- c Department of Metallurgy and Materials , Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) , Islamabad , Pakistan
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- b Department of Microbiology , Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) , Islamabad , Pakistan , and
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Masood F, Chen P, Yasin T, Fatima N, Hasan F, Hameed A. Encapsulation of Ellipticine in poly-(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) based nanoparticles and its in vitro application. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2013; 33:1054-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2012.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2012] [Revised: 10/28/2012] [Accepted: 11/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Becker B, Cooper MA. A survey of the 2006-2009 quartz crystal microbalance biosensor literature. J Mol Recognit 2011; 24:754-87. [DOI: 10.1002/jmr.1117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) (PHA), which is produced from renewable carbon resources by many microorganisms, is an environmentally compatible polymeric material and can be processed into films and fibers. Biodegradation of PHA material occurs due to the action of extracellular PHA depolymerase secreted from microorganisms in various natural environments. A key step in determining the overall enzymatic or environmental degradation rate of PHA material is the degradation of PHA lamellar crystals in materials; hence, the degradation mechanism of PHA lamellar crystals has been studied in detail over the last two decades. In this review, the relationship between crystal structure and enzymatic degradation behavior, in particular degradation rates, of films and fibers for PHA is described.
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- Keiji Numata
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University / 4 Colby Street, Medford, MA 02155, USA; E-Mail: (K.N.)
- Chemical Analysis Team, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute/ Hirosawa 2-1, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan; E-Mail: (H.A.)
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- Chemical Analysis Team, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute/ Hirosawa 2-1, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan; E-Mail: (H.A.)
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- Chemical Analysis Team, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute/ Hirosawa 2-1, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan; E-Mail: (H.A.)
- Department of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo / 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel. +81-3-5841-7888; Fax: +81-3-5841-1304
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Microbial degradation and physico-chemical alteration of polyhydroxyalkanoates by a thermophilic Streptomyces sp. Biologia (Bratisl) 2009. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-009-0050-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Liu QS, Zhu MF, Wu WH, Qin ZY. Reducing the formation of six-membered ring ester during thermal degradation of biodegradable PHBV to enhance its thermal stability. Polym Degrad Stab 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Numata K, Finne-Wistrand A, Albertsson AC, Doi Y, Abe H. Enzymatic Degradation of Monolayer for Poly(lactide) Revealed by Real-Time Atomic Force Microscopy: Effects of Stereochemical Structure, Molecular Weight, and Molecular Branches on Hydrolysis Rates. Biomacromolecules 2008; 9:2180-5. [DOI: 10.1021/bm800281d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Keiji Numata
- Department of Innovative and Engineered Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, and Chemical Analysis Team, RIKEN Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Innovative and Engineered Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, and Chemical Analysis Team, RIKEN Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Innovative and Engineered Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, and Chemical Analysis Team, RIKEN Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Innovative and Engineered Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, and Chemical Analysis Team, RIKEN Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Innovative and Engineered Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, and Chemical Analysis Team, RIKEN Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Numata K, Abe H, Doi Y. Enzymatic processes for biodegradation of poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s crystals. CAN J CHEM 2008. [DOI: 10.1139/v08-004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s (PHAs) have attracted much attention as environmentally compatible polymeric materials that can be produced from renewable carbon resources. Biodegradation of PHA materials occurs by the function of extracellular PHA depolymerase secreted from microorganisms. Thus, elucidation of the enzymatic degradation mechanism for PHA materials is important to design PHA materials with desirable properties and controlled biodegradability. The solid PHA polymer is a water-insoluble substrate but PHA depolymerases are soluble in water. Therefore, the enzymatic degradation of PHA materials is a heterogeneous reaction on the material’s surface. Two distinct processes are involved during the degradation, namely, adsorption of the enzyme on the surface of PHA material and the subsequent hydrolysis of polymer chains. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a powerful tool that has been used for the quantitative analysis of PHA crystal degradation. AFM enables the characterization of the crystal surface nanostructure in a buffer solution. By using in-situ (real-time) AFM observations, we recently succeeded in observing the degradation processes of PHA crystals. Subsequently, we were also able to investigate the degradation rates of PHA crystals using the same technique. In this review, we have attempted to give an overview concerning the direct visualization of the adsorption, as well as the hydrolysis reactions of PHA depolymerases at the nanometer scale. In addition, we present other analytical techniques besides AFM as a complimentary approach to analyze the effect of enzyme adsorption on PHA crystals.Key words: poly(hydroxyalkanoate) (PHA), enzymatic degradation, lamellar crystal, PHA depolymerase.
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Furusawa H, Takano H, Okahata Y. Transient kinetic studies of protein hydrolyses by endo- and exo-proteases on a 27 MHz quartz-crystal microbalance. Org Biomol Chem 2008; 6:727-31. [DOI: 10.1039/b717171d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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