Vibrational spectra of the products of interaction of enzymes with a monocarboxylcellulose matrix

By the method of IR spectroscopy it is established that the process of sorption of celiase, trypsin, chymotrypsin, streptase, plasminogen, and plasmin by monocarboxylcellulose (the content of COOH groups is 15 wt.%) is mainly identical. The determining role in the mechanism of binding of monocarboxylcellulose with the considered medicinal enzymes belongs to electrostatic interactions with the formation of ionic bonds between the COO⁻ groups of the matrix and charged amine groups of protein molecules. It is established that the process of interaction of plasmin with oxidized cellulose takes a more active course than with other investigated enzymes. It is shown that the activity of interaction of the enzymes with monocarboxylcellulose can be evaluated by a change in the relative intensity of the band of stretching vibrations of C=O groups. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 66, No. 6, pp. 771–774, November–December, 1999.     

A Novel Lanthanide Complex with Remarkable Phosphodiester Transesterification Activity and DNA-Conjugatable Functionality

Encapsulated lanthanide complexes like the TCMC complexes are highly stable under physiological conditions. With the ultimate goal being an in vivo application of these complexes as a sequence-selective RNA/DNA cleaving agent (artificial RNAse/DNAse), kinetic stability of the complex would be a distinct advantage. We have synthesized a novel lanthanide complex with such stability and which displays high transesterification activity. The most important attribute of this compound is the nitrophenyl group which would allow further derivatization and conjugation to a DNA oligomer, thus creating a potential for the sequence selective hydrolysis of its target.     

酸性接枝淀粉固定化糖化酶及稳定性研究

糖化酶(EC.3.2.1.3,GA)是工业上应用规模最大的3种酶制剂之一.目前,工业生产中大多采用游离GA,这给产物的分离和纯化带来诸多不便.因此,采用固定化糖化酶(IGA)是酶制剂工业发展的必然趋势.     

Enzymatic Degradation of Semi‐IPN Hydrogels Based on N‐Isopropylacrylamide and Dextran at a Specific Temperature Range

The temperature‐dependent enzymatic degradation of semi‐IPN hydrogels consisting of dextran grafted with thermo‐responsive chains (lower cloud point) and a thermo‐responsive crosslinked matrix (higher cloud point) was examined. Enzymatic degradation of the semi‐IPN hydrogel was significantly inhibited below the lower and above the higher cloud point. Only between both cloud points, enzymatic degradation proceeded. The designed semi‐IPN hydrogel is therefore advantageous to achieve enzymatic degradation at a specific temperature range.     

纳米花型酶-无机杂化固定化酶研究进展

酶是一种绿色高效的生物催化剂,被广泛地应用于工业生产中,为了更好的提升游离酶的性能,酶固定化技术应运而生。然而,与游离酶相比,固定化酶活性下降以及传质受限一直是酶固定化技术亟待解决的关键问题。作为一种新型酶固定化技术,纳米花型酶-无机杂化固定化酶因具有高比表面积、高酶活性和高催化效率,且制备简单,绿色无污染受到广泛关注。本文综述了近年来纳米花型酶-无机杂化固定化酶的研究进展,根据纳米花型酶-无机杂化固定化酶的形成特点,将其分为单酶纳米花、双酶纳米花和负载型纳米花。阐述了纳米花型酶-无机杂化固定化酶的制备过程和形成机理并对纳米花型酶-无机杂化固定化酶在食品工业和检测领域的应用进展做出总结。最后,对纳米花型酶-无机杂化固定化酶的发展前景做出展望。     

Lipase‐Catalyzed Transformation of Unnatural‐Type Poly(3‐hydroxybutanoate) into Reactive Cyclic Oligomer

Unnatural‐type syndiotactic and atactic poly[(R,S)‐3‐hydroxybutanoate]s [P(3HB)s] were enzymatically transformed into a reactive cyclic 3HB oligomer of molecular weight ca. 500 in an organic solvent, such as toluene, using immobilized lipase from Candida antarctica at 40°C for 24 h. It was confirmed that similar results were obtained for both syndiotactic and atactic P(3HB)s. On the other hand, the acidic degradation of these polymers using a protonic acid, such as p‐toluenesulfonic acid, exclusively produced the linear 3HB oligomer instead of the cyclic oligomer. The formation of the cyclic oligomer was regarded as the characteristic feature of the lipase‐catalyzed degradation in organic media. The cyclic oligomer obtained readily reacted with alcohol as a nucleophile, and using lipase, to produce the alkyl ester of the 3HB oligomer.     

Chemical Elicitors-Induced Variation in Cellular Biomass,Biosynthesis of Secondary Cell Products,and Antioxidant System in Callus Cultures of Fagonia indica

Fagonia indica is a rich source of pharmacologically active compounds. The variation in the metabolites of interest is one of the major issues in wild plants due to different environmental factors. The addition of chemical elicitors is one of the effective strategies to trigger the biosynthetic pathways for the release of a higher quantity of bioactive compounds. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the effects of chemical elicitors, aluminum chloride (AlCl₃) and cadmium chloride (CdCl₂), on the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, biomass, and the antioxidant system in callus cultures of F. indica. Among various treatments applied, AlCl₃ (0.1 mM concentration) improved the highest in biomass accumulation (fresh weight (FW): 404.72 g/L) as compared to the control (FW: 269.85 g/L). The exposure of cultures to AlCl₃ (0.01 mM) enhanced the accumulation of secondary metabolites, and the total phenolic contents (TPCs: 7.74 mg/g DW) and total flavonoid contents (TFCs: 1.07 mg/g DW) were higher than those of cultures exposed to CdCl₂ (0.01 mM) with content levels (TPC: 5.60 and TFC: 0.97 mg/g) as compared to the control (TPC: 4.16 and TFC: 0.42 mg/g DW). Likewise, AlCl₃ and CdCl₂ also promoted the free radical scavenging activity (FRSA; 89.4% and 90%, respectively) at a concentration of 0.01 mM, as compared to the control (65.48%). For instance, the quantification of metabolites via high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) revealed an optimum production of myricetin (1.20 mg/g), apigenin (0.83 mg/g), isorhamnetin (0.70 mg/g), and kaempferol (0.64 mg/g). Cultures grown in the presence of AlCl₃ triggered higher quantities of secondary metabolites than those grown in the presence of CdCl₂ (0.79, 0.74, 0.57, and 0.67 mg/g). Moreover, AlCl₃ at 0.1 mM enhanced the biosynthesis of superoxide dismutase (SOD: 0.08 nM/min/mg-FW) and peroxidase enzymes (POD: 2.37 nM/min/mg-FW), while CdCl₂ resulted in an SOD activity up to 0.06 nM/min/mg-FW and POD: 2.72 nM/min/mg-FW. From these results, it is clear that AlCl₃ is a better elicitor in terms of a higher and uniform productivity of biomass, secondary cell products, and antioxidant enzymes compared to CdCl₂ and the control. It is possible to scale the current strategy to a bioreactor for a higher productivity of metabolites of interest for various pharmaceutical industries.     

Novel Thiosemicarbazone Derivatives: In Vitro and In Silico Evaluation as Potential MAO-B Inhibitors

MAO-B inhibitors are frequently used in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Due to the limited number of compounds available in this field, there is a need to develop new compounds. In the recent works, it was shown that various thiosemicarbazone derivatives show hMAO inhibitory activity in the range of micromolar concentration. It is thought that benzofuran and benzothiophene structures may mimic structures such as indane and indanone, which are frequently found in the structures of such inhibitors. Based on this view, new benzofuran/benzothiophene and thiosemicarbazone hybrid compounds were synthesized, characterized and screened for their hMAO-A and hMAO-B inhibitory activity by an in vitro fluorometric method. The compounds including methoxyethyl substituent (2b and 2h) were found to be the most effective agents in the series against MAO-B enzyme with the IC₅₀ value of 0.042 ± 0.002 µM and 0.056 ± 0.002 µM, respectively. The mechanism of hMAO-B inhibition of compounds 2b and 2h was investigated by Lineweaver–Burk graphics. Compounds 2b and 2h were reversible and non-competitive inhibitors with similar inhibition features as the substrates. The K_i values of compounds 2b and 2h were calculated as 0.035 µM and 0.046 µM, respectively, with the help of secondary plots. The docking study of compound 2b and 2h revealed that there is a strong interaction between the active sites of hMAO-B and analyzed compound.