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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 28, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104224
Keywords
catalysis; hydrolysis; insoluble proteins; polyoxometalates; surfactants
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- Science Foundation Flanders (FWO) [83523/1183021N]
- KU Leuven
- Science Foundation Flanders (FWO)
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The study reports the hydrolysis of fully insoluble protein using polyoxometalate complexes as artificial proteases in surfactant solutions for the first time. The results indicate that the hydrolytic selectivity and activity of the POM catalysts strongly depend on the concentration of surfactant.
Despite the enormous importance of insoluble proteins in biological processes, their structural investigation remains a challenging task. The development of artificial enzyme-like catalysts would greatly facilitate the elucidation of their structure since currently used enzymes in proteomics largely lose activity in the presence of surfactants, which are necessary to solubilize insoluble proteins. In this study, the hydrolysis of a fully insoluble protein by polyoxometalate complexes as artificial proteases in surfactant solutions is reported for the first time. The hydrolysis of zein as a model protein was investigated in the presence of Zr(IV) and Hf(IV) substituted Keggin-type polyoxometalates (POMs), (Et2NH2)(10)[M(alpha-PW11O39)(2)] (M = Zr or Hf), and different concentrations of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Selective hydrolysis of the protein upon incubation with the catalyst was observed, and the results indicate that the hydrolytic selectivity and activity of the POM catalysts strongly depends on the concentration of surfactant. The molecular interactions between the POM catalyst and zein in the presence of SDS were explored using a combination of spectroscopic techniques which indicated competitive binding between POM and SDS towards the protein. Furthermore, the formation of micellar superstructures in ternary POM/surfactant/protein solutions has been confirmed by conductivity and Dynamic Light Scattering measurements.
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