Synergistic Hydrolysis of Cellulose by a Blend of Cellulase-Mimicking Polymeric Nanoparticle Catalysts

Enzyme-like catalysts by design have been a long sought-after goal of chemists but difficult to realize due to the challenges in the construction of multifunctionalized active sites with accurately positioned catalytic groups for complex substrates. Hydrolysis of cellulose is a key step in biomass utilization and requires multiple enzymes to work in concert to overcome the difficulty associated with hydrolyzing the recalcitrant substrate. We here report methods to construct synthetic versions of these enzymes through covalent molecular imprinting and strategic postmodification of the imprinted sites. The synthetic catalysts cleave a cellulose chain endolytically at multiple positions or exolytically from the nonreducing end by one or three glucose units at a time, all using the dicarboxylic acid motif found in natural cellulases. By mimicking the endocellulase, exocellulase, and β-glucosidase, the synthetic catalysts hydrolyze cellulose in a synergistic manner, with an activity at 90 °C in pH 6.5 buffer more than doubled that of Aspergillus niger cellulase at pH 5 and 37 °C and 44% of that of a commercial cellulase blend (from Novozyme). As robust cross-linked polymeric nanoparticles, the synthetic catalysts showed little changes in activity after preheating at 90 °C for 3 days and could be reused, maintaining 76% of activity after 10 reaction cycles.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:144

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Chemical Society - 144(2022), 37 vom: 21. Sept., Seite 17110-17119

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zangiabadi, Milad [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9004-34-6
Beta-Glucosidase
Cellulase
Cellulose
EC 3.2.1.21
EC 3.2.1.4
Glucose
IY9XDZ35W2
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 23.09.2022

Date Revised 22.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/jacs.2c06848

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM345868463