Protoenzymes : The Case of Hyperbranched Polymer-Scaffolded ZnS Nanocrystals
Enzymes are biological catalysts that are comprised of small-molecule, metal, or cluster catalysts augmented by biopolymeric scaffolds. It is conceivable that early in chemical evolution, ancestral enzymes opted for simpler, easier to assemble scaffolds. Herein, we describe such possible protoenzymes: hyperbranched polymer-scaffolded metal-sulfide nanocrystals. Hyperbranched polyethyleneimine (HyPEI) and glycerol citrate polymer-supported ZnS nanocrystals (NCs) are formed in a simple process. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analyses of HyPEI-supported NCs reveal spherical particles with an average size of 10 nm that undergo only a modest aggregation over a 14-day incubation. The polymer-supported ZnS NCs are shown to possess a high photocatalytic activity in an eosin B photodegradation assay, making them an attractive model for the study of the origin of life under the "Zn world" theory dominated by a photocatalytic proto-metabolic redox reaction network. The catalyst, however, could be easily adapted to apply broadly to different protoenzymatic systems.
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2020 |
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2020 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10 |
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Life (Basel, Switzerland) - 10(2020), 8 vom: 13. Aug. |
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Englisch |
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Mamajanov, Irena [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Revised 28.09.2020 published: Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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10.3390/life10080150 |
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