A Three-Enzyme Cascade Reaction through Positional Assembly of Enzymes in a Polymersome Nanoreactor

Dongen van, Stijn F.M. and Nallani, Madhavan and Cornelissen, Jeroen J.L.M. and Nolte, Roeland J.M. and Hest van, Jan C.M. (2009) A Three-Enzyme Cascade Reaction through Positional Assembly of Enzymes in a Polymersome Nanoreactor. Chemistry: a European Journal, 15 (5). pp. 1107-1114. ISSN 0947-6539

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Abstract:	Porous polymersomes based on block copolymers of isocyanopeptides and styrene have been used to anchor enzymes at three different locations, namely, in their lumen (glucose oxidase, GOx), in their bilayer membrane (Candida antarctica lipase B, CalB) and on their surface (horseradish peroxidase, HRP). The surface coupling was achieved by click chemistry between acetylene-functionalised anchors on the surface of the polymersomes and azido functions of HRP, which were introduced by using a direct diazo transfer reaction to lysine residues of the enzyme. To determine the encapsulation and conjugation efficiency of the enzymes, they were decorated with metal-ion labels and analysed by mass spectrometry. This revealed an almost quantitative immobilisation efficiency of HRP on the surface of the polymersomes and a more than statistical incorporation efficiency for CalB in the membrane and for GOx in the aqueous compartment. The enzyme-decorated polymersomes were studied as nanoreactors in which glucose acetate was converted by CalB to glucose, which was oxidised by GOx to gluconolactone in a second step. The hydrogen peroxide produced was used by HRP to oxidise 2,2′-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) to ABTS.+. Kinetic analysis revealed that the reaction step catalysed by HRP is the fastest in the cascade reaction.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Biomolecular Nanotechnology (BNT)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/77550
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.200802114
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