Polymer grafting from a metallo‐centered enzyme improves activity in non‐native environments
Abstract
Metallo‐centered enzymes have found applications in environmental remediation, green synthesis and sensors. These enzymes destabilize at extreme pH, elevated temperature or high‐organic‐content conditions. For these enzymes to find more widespread adoption and use, stabilization in non‐native conditions is critical. We report the impact of grafting polymers from the surface of laccase, a metalloenzyme with a Cu active site, modified with a polymerization‐initiating species ligated to the protein's lysine residues. Initiators for continuous activator regeneration atom transfer radical polymerization was used to graft a small library of polymers from the protein. The impact of polymer grafting on enzyme activity as a function of pH, temperature or organic solvent was determined. While polymer grafting from laccases was found to increase enzymatic activity, we found that grafting high‐molecular‐weight dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate displayed the greatest enhancement to catalytic activity. The results demonstrate that polymer grafting can improve laccase activity in native and non‐native conditions. © 2020 Society of Industrial Chemistry
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Oct 16, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1002/pi.6127
Entities
People
- Borui Zhang
- Dominik Konkolewicz
- Katarzyna Szcześniak
- Marina Kovaliov
- Saadyah Averick
- Stefa Jurga
Organizations
- Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
- Allegheny General Hospital
- Allegheny Health Network
- Army Research Office
- Miami University