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Totani M, Anai T, Kadokawa JI. Hydrophobization of surfaces on cellulose nanofibers by enzymatic grafting of partially 2-deoxygenated amylose. Carbohydr Polym 2024; 335:122086. [PMID: 38616071 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.122086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Recently, attention has been paid to cellulose nanofibers, such as 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl-oxidized cellulose nanofibers (TOCN), as new bio-based materials. In addition, hydrophobized surface on TOCNs can be expected to provide new applications. Based on our previous finding that partially 2-deoxygenated (P2D)-amylose, which was synthesized by GP-catalyzed enzymatic copolymerization of D-glucal with α-d-glucose 1-phosphate (Glc-1-P) as comonomers, was hydrophobic, in this study, hydrophobization of surfaces on TOCNs was investigated by the GP-catalyzed enzymatic grafting of P2D-amylose chains on TOCNs. After maltooligosaccharide primers were modified on TOCNs, the GP-catalyzed enzymatic copolymerization of D-glucal with Glc-1-P was performed for grafting of P2D-amylose chains. 1H NMR spectroscopic analysis confirmed the production of P2D-amylose-grafted TOCNs with different 2-deoxyglucose/Glc unit ratios. The powder X-ray diffraction profiles of the products indicated that the entire crystalline structures were strongly affected by the unit ratios and chain lengths of the grafted polysaccharides. The SEM images observed differences in nanofiber diameter in the reaction solutions and surface morphology after film formation, due to grafting of P2D-amylose chains from TOCNs. The water contact angle measurement of a cast film prepared from the product indicated its hydrophobicity.
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- Masayasu Totani
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.
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Guo Y, Sun S, Gu M, Zhang L, Cheng L, Li Z, Li C, Ban X, Hong Y, Gu Z. Optimization and analysis of dual-enzymatic synthesis for the production of linear glucan. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 259:129299. [PMID: 38211915 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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Linear α-glucan (LG), a linear polymer linked by α-1,4 bonds, has received increasing attention for its potential applications in synthetic polymer production. Notably, the functionality of LG is strongly influenced by its degree of polymerization (DP). In this study, SP and GP were successfully constructed and expressed. The reaction of enzymatic co-polymerization into LG was investigated. The preferred reaction was carried out at 37 °C and pH 7.4 for 72 h, with a maximum conversion rate of 25 %. Afterwards, two approaches were used to modulate the molecular structures of LGs. Firstly, LGs with distinct molecular weights ranging from 1062.33 ± 16.04 g/mol to 5679 ± 80.29 g/mol were obtained by adjusting the substrate/primer ratio during the LG synthesis process. Secondly, two distinct products could be produced by altering the enzyme addition method: short-chain LG with a DP < 10 (64.34 ± 0.54 %) or long-chain LG with a DP > 45 (45.57 ± 2.18 %). Additionally, theoretical synthesis model was constructed which subdivided the reaction into three stages to evaluate this dual-enzyme cooperative system. These findings have significant implications in promoting the application of LG in the fields of biomedicine and material science.
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- Yue Guo
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong Province 271018, China
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- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Food Safety and Quality Control, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Food Safety and Quality Control, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Food Safety and Quality Control, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Food Safety and Quality Control, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Food Safety and Quality Control, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Jiaxing Institute of Future Food, Jiaxing 314050, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Food Safety and Quality Control, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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Kadokawa JI. Hydrogelation from Self-Assembled and Scaled-Down Chitin Nanofibers by the Modification of Highly Polar Substituents. Gels 2023; 9:432. [PMID: 37367103 DOI: 10.3390/gels9060432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Chitin nanofibers (ChNFs) with a bundle structure were fabricated via regenerative self-assembly at the nanoscale from a chitin ion gel with an ionic liquid using methanol. Furthermore, the bundles were disentangled by partial deacetylation under alkaline conditions, followed by cationization and electrostatic repulsion in aqueous acetic acid to obtain thinner nanofibers called scaled-down ChNFs. This review presents a method for hydrogelation from self-assembled and scaled-down ChNFs by modifying the highly polar substituents on ChNFs. The modification was carried out by the reaction of amino groups on ChNFs, which were generated by partial deacetylation, with reactive substituent candidates such as poly(2-oxazoline)s with electrophilic living propagating ends and mono- and oligosaccharides with hemiacetallic reducing ends. The substituents contributed to the formation of network structures from ChNFs in highly polar dispersed media, such as water, to produce hydrogels. Moreover, after the modification of the maltooligosaccharide primers on ChNFs, glucan phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization was performed from the primer chain ends to elongate the amylosic graft chains on ChNFs. The amylosic graft chains formed double helices between ChNFs, which acted as physical crosslinking points to construct network structures, giving rise to hydrogels.
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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, Abe S, Yamamoto K. Hydrophobization of Carboxymethyl Cellulose by Enzymatic Grafting of Partially 2-Deoxygenated Amyloses. CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.220146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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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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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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Glucan phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic synthesis of unnatural oligosaccharides and polysaccharides using nonnative substrates. Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1038/s41428-021-00584-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Modification of starch: A review on the application of “green” solvents and controlled functionalization. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 241:116350. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Uto T, Nakamura S, Yamamoto K, Kadokawa JI. Evaluation of artificial crystalline structure from amylose analog polysaccharide without hydroxy groups at C-2 position. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 240:116347. [PMID: 32475598 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In this study, we found that a new artificial crystalline structure was fabricated from an amylose analog polysaccharide without hydroxy groups at the C-2 position, i.e., 2-deoxyamylose. The polysaccharide with a well-defined structure was synthesized by facile thermostable α-glucan phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of the product indicated the formation of a specific crystalline structure that was completely different from the well-known double helix of the natural polysaccharide, amylose. Molecular dynamics simulations showed that the isolated chains of 2-deoxyamylose spontaneously assembled to a novel double helix based on building blocks with controlled hydrophobicity arising from pyranose ring stacking. The simulation results corresponded with the XRD patterns.
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- Takuya Uto
- Organization for Promotion of Tenure Track, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.
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Because polysaccharides have very complicated chemical structures constructed by a great diversity of monosaccharide residues and glycosidic linkages, enzymatic approaches have been identified as powerful tools to precisely synthesize polysaccharides as the reactions progress in highly controlled regio- and stereoarrangements. α-Glucan phosphorylase (GP) is one of the enzymes that have acted as catalysts for the practical production of well-defined polysaccharides. GP can catalyze enzymatic polymerization of α-d-glucose 1-phosphate (Glc-1-P) as a monomer from a maltooligosaccharide primer to produce a pure amylose with well-defined structure via the formation of α(1→4)-glycosidic linkages. Here, the author presents methods which achieve the enzymatic synthesis of functional amylosic materials and amylose analog polysaccharides by GP-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization approaches. As the polymerization progresses at the non-reducing end of the primer, it can be conducted using polymeric primers that are modified at the reducing end and covalently attached on suitable polymeric chains. By using such polymeric primers, various amylose-grafted functional materials can be enzymatically synthesized. For example, the detailed protocol for the synthesis of amylose-grafted poly(γ-glutamic acid) is described. GP shows loose specificity for the recognition of substrates, which allows to recognize some monosaccharide 1-phosphates as analog substrates of Glc-1-P. Representatively, the experimental procedure of the GP-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization of α-d-glucosamine 1-phosphate as the analog substrate is presented to synthesize an α(1→4)-linked glucosamine polymer, that is called amylosamine. By means of a similar approach catalyzed by GP, several amylose analog polysaccharides have been obtained.
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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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Kadokawa JI, Yano K, Orio S, Yamamoto K. Formation of Supramolecular Soft Materials from Amylosic Inclusion Complexes with Designed Guest Polymers Obtained by Vine-Twining Polymerization. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:6331-6338. [PMID: 31459773 PMCID: PMC6649246 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b00238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Amylose forms supramolecular inclusion complexes with polymeric guests in the phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization field, so-called "vine-twining polymerization". However, such inclusion complexes have not exhibited specific properties and processability as functional supramolecular materials. In this study, we found that amylosic inclusion complexes, which were obtained by vine-twining polymerization using a designed guest polymer, that is, an amphiphilic triblock copolymer poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline-block-tetrahydrofuran-block-2-methyl-2-oxazoline), exhibited gel and film formation properties. The characterization results of the products suggested that enzymatically elongated amylose chains complexed with the polytetrahydrofuran block in the triblock copolymer. Accordingly, the outer poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) blocks constructed hydrophilic spaces among the inclusion complex segments. Furthermore, the presence of such outer blocks affected the lower regularity of crystalline alignment among the inclusion complex segments in the products. Such higher-order structures probably induced the formation of supramolecular soft materials, such as gels and films.
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Preparation of Amylose-Carboxymethyl Cellulose Conjugated Supramolecular Networks by Phosphorylase-Catalyzed Enzymatic Polymerization. Catalysts 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/catal9030211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Enzymatic polymerization has been noted as a powerful method to precisely synthesize polymers with complicated structures, such as polysaccharides, which are not commonly prepared by conventional polymerization. Phosphorylase is one of the enzymes which have been used to practically synthesize well-defined polysaccharides. The phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization is conducted using α-d-glucose 1-phosphate as a monomer, and maltooligosaccharide as a primer, respectively, to obtain amylose. Amylose is known to form supramolecules owing to its helical conformation, that is, inclusion complex and double helix, in which the formation is depended on whether a guest molecule is present or not. In this paper, we would like to report the preparation of amylose-carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) conjugated supramolecular networks, by the phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization, using maltoheptaose primer-grafted CMC. When the enzymatic polymerization was carried out using the graft copolymer, either in the presence or in the absence of a guest polymer poly (ε-caprolactone) (PCL), the enzymatically elongated amylose chains from the primers on the CMC main-chain formed double helixes or inclusion complexes, depending on the amounts of PCL, which acted as cross-linking points for the construction of network structures. Accordingly, the reaction mixtures totally turned into hydrogels, regardless of the structures of supramolecular cross-linking points.
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Orio S, Shoji T, Yamamoto K, Kadokawa JI. Difference in Macroscopic Morphologies of Amylosic Supramolecular Networks Depending on Guest Polymers in Vine-Twining Polymerization. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E1277. [PMID: 30961202 PMCID: PMC6401710 DOI: 10.3390/polym10111277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Amylose, a natural polysaccharide, acts as a host molecule to form supramolecular inclusion complexes in its enzymatically formation process, that is, phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization using the α-d-glucose 1-phosphate monomer and the maltooligosaccharide primer, in the presence of appropriate guest polymers (vine-twining polymerization). Furthermore, in the vine-twining polymerization using maltooligosaccharide primer-grafted polymers, such as maltoheptaose (G₇)-grafted poly(γ-glutamic acid) (PGA), in the presence of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), the enzymatically elongated amylose graft chains have formed inclusion complexes with PCL among the PGA main-chains to construct supramolecular networks. Either hydrogelation or aggregation as a macroscopic morphology from the products was observed in accordance with PCL/primer feed ratios. In this study, we evaluated macroscopic morphologies from such amylosic supramolecular networks with different guest polymers in the vine-twining polymerization using G₇-grafted PGA in the presence of polytetrahydrofuran (PTHF), PCL, and poly(l-lactide) (PLLA). Consequently, we found that the reaction mixture using PTHF totally turned into a hydrogel form, whereas the products using PCL and PLLA were aggregated in the reaction mixtures. The produced networks were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopic measurements. The difference in the macroscopic morphologies was reasonably explained by stabilities of the complexes depending on the guest polymers.
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- Saya Orio
- 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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- 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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α-Glucan Phosphorylase-Catalyzed Enzymatic Reactions Using Analog Substrates to Synthesize Non-Natural Oligo- and Polysaccharides. Catalysts 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/catal8100473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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As natural oligo- and polysaccharides are important biomass resources and exhibit vital biological functions, non-natural oligo- and polysaccharides with a well-defined structure can be expected to act as new functional materials with specific natures and properties. α-Glucan phosphorylase (GP) is one of the enzymes that have been used as catalysts for practical synthesis of oligo- and polysaccharides. By means of weak specificity for the recognition of substrates by GP, non-natural oligo- and polysaccharides has precisely been synthesized. GP-catalyzed enzymatic glycosylations using several analog substrates as glycosyl donors have been carried out to produce oligosaccharides having different monosaccharide residues at the non-reducing end. Glycogen, a highly branched natural polysaccharide, has been used as the polymeric glycosyl acceptor and primer for the GP-catalyzed glycosylation and polymerization to obtain glycogen-based non-natural polysaccharide materials. Under the conditions of removal of inorganic phosphate, thermostable GP-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization of analog monomers occurred to give amylose analog polysaccharides.
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Kadokawa JI, Egashira N, Yamamoto K. Chemoenzymatic Preparation of Amylose-Grafted Chitin Nanofiber Network Materials. Biomacromolecules 2018; 19:3013-3019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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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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Kadokawa JI. Enzymatic preparation of functional polysaccharide hydrogels by phosphorylase catalysis. PURE APPL CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1515/pac-2017-0802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This article reviews enzymatic preparation of functional polysaccharide hydrogels by means of phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization. A first topic of this review deals with the synthesis of amylose-grafted polymeric materials and their formation of hydrogels, composed of abundant natural polymeric main-chains, such as chitosan, cellulose, xantham gum, carboxymethyl cellulose, and poly(γ-glutamic acid). Such synthesis was achieved by combining the phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization forming amylose with the appropriate chemical reaction (chemoenzymatic method). An amylose-grafted chitin nanofiber hyrogel was also prepared by the chemoenzymatic approach. As a second topic, the preparation of glycogen hydrogels by the phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic reactions was described. When the phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization from glycogen as a polymeric primer was carried out, followed by standing the reaction mixture at room temperature, a hydrogel was obtained. pH-Responsive amphoteric glycogen hydrogels were also fabricated by means of the successive phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic reactions.
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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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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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Chemoenzyamtic synthesis and self-assembling gelation behavior of amylose-grafted poly(γ-glutamic acid). Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 97:99-105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 01/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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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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Preparation and characterizations of all-biodegradable supramolecular hydrogels through formation of inclusion complexes of amylose. Polym Bull (Berl) 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-017-1972-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Egashira N, Yamamoto K, Kadokawa JI. Enzymatic grafting of amylose on chitin nanofibers for hierarchical construction of controlled microstructures. Polym Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7py00521k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this study, controlled microstructures were constructed by enzymatic grafting on amidinium chitin nanofibers, followed by lyophilisation, which were changed from network to porous morphologies depending on the molecular weights of amylose graft chains.
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- Naomichi Egashira
- 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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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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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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Kadokawa JI, Tanaka K, Hatanaka D, Yamamoto K. Preparation of multiformable supramolecular gels through helical complexation by amylose in vine-twining polymerization. Polym Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5py00753d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Supramolecular hydrogels with macroscopic interfacial healing behavior were obtained through helical complexation by amylose in vine-twining polymerization using poly(γ-glutamic acid-graft-ε-caprolactone), which were further converted into cryo- and ion gels.
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- Jun-ichi Kadokawa
- 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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