作者: Tomohiro Hiraishi , Eriko Masuda , Daisuke Miyamoto , Naoki Kanayama , Hideki Abe
关键词: End-group 、 Polymerization 、 Polymer chemistry 、 Ethylene glycol 、 Hydrolase 、 Peptide bond 、 Chemistry 、 PEG ratio 、 Monomer 、 Substrate (chemistry) 、 Biotechnology 、 Materials Chemistry 、 Bioengineering 、 Polymers and Plastics 、 Biomaterials
摘要: We recently discovered that poly(aspartate) (PAA) hydrolase-1 from Pedobacter sp. KP-2 has a unique property of specifically cleaving the amide bond between β-aspartate units in thermally synthesized PAA (tPAA). In present study, enzymatic synthesis poly(α-ethyl β-aspartate) (β-PAA) was performed by taking advantage substrate specificity hydrolase-1. No polymerization diethyl L-aspartate native occurred because low dispersibility enzyme organic solvent. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) modification improved its and enabled it to polymerize monomer substrate. MALDI-TOF MS analysis showed polymer observed range m/z = 750-2 500. This also revealed composed ethyl aspartate units, containing either an ester or free carboxyl end group at terminus. (1) H NMR demonstrated consisted only β-amide linkages. Thus, results indicate modified with PEG is useful for β-PAA due good