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Investigating the Mechanism of Horseradish Peroxidase as a RAFT-Initiase.


ABSTRACT: A detailed mechanistic and kinetic study of enzymatically initiated RAFT polymerization is performed by combining enzymatic assays and polymerization kinetics analysis. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) initiated RAFT polymerization of dimethylacrylamide (DMAm) was studied. This polymerization was controlled by 2-(propionic acid)ylethyl trithiocarbonate (PAETC) in the presence of H?O? as a substrate and acetylacetone (ACAC) as a mediator. In general, well controlled polymers with narrow molecular weight distributions and good agreement between theoretical and measured molecular weights are consistently obtained by this method. Kinetic and enzymatic assay analyses show that HRP loading accelerates the reaction, with a critical concentration of ACAC needed to effectively generate polymerization initiating radicals. The PAETC RAFT agent is required to control the reaction, although the RAFT agent also has an inhibitory effect on enzymatic performance and polymerization. Interestingly, although H?O? is the substrate for HRP there is an optimal concentration near 1 mM, under the conditions studies, with higher or lower concentrations leading to lower polymerization rates and poorer enzymatic activity. This is explained through a competition between the H?O? acting as a substrate, but also an inhibitor of HRP at high concentrations.

SUBMITTER: Danielson AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6403633 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Investigating the Mechanism of Horseradish Peroxidase as a RAFT-Initiase.

Danielson Alex P AP   Van-Kuren Dylan Bailey DB   Bornstein Joshua P JP   Kozuszek Caleb T CT   Berberich Jason A JA   Page Richard C RC   Konkolewicz Dominik D  

Polymers 20180705 7


A detailed mechanistic and kinetic study of enzymatically initiated RAFT polymerization is performed by combining enzymatic assays and polymerization kinetics analysis. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) initiated RAFT polymerization of dimethylacrylamide (DMAm) was studied. This polymerization was controlled by 2-(propionic acid)ylethyl trithiocarbonate (PAETC) in the presence of H₂O₂ as a substrate and acetylacetone (ACAC) as a mediator. In general, well controlled polymers with narrow molecular wei  ...[more]

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