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High rates and substrate selectivities in water by polyvinylimidazoles as transaminase enzyme mimics with hydrophobically bound pyridoxamine derivatives as coenzyme mimics.

ABSTRACT: Free-radical polymers of 4-vinylimidazole and copolymers with 1-dodecyl-4-vinylimidazole were used as enzyme mimics to transaminate pyruvic acid to alanine, phenylpyruvic acid to phenylalanine, and indole-3-pyruvic acid to tryptophan in water at pH 7.5 and 20 degrees C using pyridoxamines carrying hydrophobic side chains as coenzyme mimics. The best enzyme mimic accelerated the transamination of indole-3-pyruvic acid by a factor of 4 million relative to the rate without the polymer, a higher rate ratio than we had previously achieved with a polyaziridine-based enzyme mimic. The properties of various polyvinylimidazoles were compared, including those prepared with the RAFT modification of the polymerization process.

SUBMITTER: Skouta R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2794039 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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High rates and substrate selectivities in water by polyvinylimidazoles as transaminase enzyme mimics with hydrophobically bound pyridoxamine derivatives as coenzyme mimics.

Skouta Rachid R Wei Sujun S Breslow Ronald R

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20091101 43

Free-radical polymers of 4-vinylimidazole and copolymers with 1-dodecyl-4-vinylimidazole were used as enzyme mimics to transaminate pyruvic acid to alanine, phenylpyruvic acid to phenylalanine, and indole-3-pyruvic acid to tryptophan in water at pH 7.5 and 20 degrees C using pyridoxamines carrying hydrophobic side chains as coenzyme mimics. The best enzyme mimic accelerated the transamination of indole-3-pyruvic acid by a factor of 4 million relative to the rate without the polymer, a higher rat ...[more]

PMID: 19824661

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High rates and substrate selectivities in water by polyvinylimidazoles as transaminase enzyme mimics with hydrophobically bound pyridoxamine derivatives as coenzyme mimics.

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High rates and substrate selectivities in water by polyvinylimidazoles as transaminase enzyme mimics with hydrophobically bound pyridoxamine derivatives as coenzyme mimics.

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