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Nanoconfined (Bio)Catalysts as Efficient Glucose‐Responsive Nanoreactors
Author(s) -
RodriguezAbetxuko Andoni,
Muñumer Pablo,
Okuda Mitsuhiro,
Calvo Javier,
Knez Mato,
Beloqui Ana
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.202002990
Subject(s) - nanoreactor , glucose oxidase , catalysis , bifunctional , materials science , artificial enzyme , biocatalysis , polymer , hemin , combinatorial chemistry , nanotechnology , biosensor , organic chemistry , chemistry , enzyme , reaction mechanism , heme , composite material
Herein, the design, synthesis, and characterization of bifunctional hybrid nanoreactors used for concurrent one‐pot chemoenzymatic reactions are shown. In the design, the enzyme, glucose oxidase, is wrapped with a peroxidase‐mimetic catalytic polymer. Hemin, the organic catalyst, is linked to the flexible polymeric scaffold through coordination to the imidazole groups that hang out the network. This spatial arrangement, which works as a metabolic channel, is optimized for cooperative chemoenzymatic reactions in which the enzyme catalyzes first. A deep characterization of the integrated nanoreactors demonstrates that the confinement of two distinct catalytic sites in the nanospace is very effective in one‐pot reactions. Moreover, besides its role as scaffold material, the polymeric mantel protects both the biocatalyst and the chemical catalyst from degradation and inactivation in the presence of organic solvents. Furthermore, the polymeric environment of the nanoreactors can be tailored in order to trigger the assembly of those into highly active heterogeneous hybrid catalysts. Finally, the new nanoreactors are applied to the efficient degradation of organic aromatic compounds using glucose as the only fuel.