Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11051285
Keywords
nanozyme; L-cysteine; inhibitor; irreversible inhibitor; enzyme-mimic; peroxidase-mimic
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- Australian Research Council (ARC) [DP170103477]
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Researchers have discovered that L-cysteine can act as an irreversible inhibitor to permanently block the catalytic activity of 2D NiO nanosheets. This breakthrough provides mechanistic insights into the catalytic inhibition process and demonstrates a highly specific sensor for detecting this biologically important molecule.
The ability to modulate the catalytic activity of inorganic nanozymes is of high interest. In particular, understanding the interactions of inhibitor molecules with nanozymes can bring them one step closer to the natural enzymes and has thus started to attract intense interest. To date, a few reversible inhibitors of the nanozyme activity have been reported. However, there are no reports of irreversible inhibitor molecules that can permanently inhibit the activity of nanozymes. In the current work, we show the ability of L-cysteine to act as an irreversible inhibitor to permanently block the nanozyme activity of 2-dimensional (2D) NiO nanosheets. Determination of the steady state kinetic parameters allowed us to obtain mechanistic insights into the catalytic inhibition process. Further, based on the irreversible catalytic inhibition capability of L-cysteine, we demonstrate a highly specific sensor for the detection of this biologically important molecule.
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