Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 6, Issue 17, Pages 15132-15139Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am5032715
Keywords
sodium hexadecyl sulfate; Iyoszyme; carbon nanotubes; molecular dynamics simulation
Funding
- National Science Foundation of China [21376021, 21176025]
- National Hi-tech RD Program [2014AA022003]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB200905]
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were functionalized with sodium hexadecyl sulfate (SHS). The lysozyme adsorbed on the SHS-CNTs exhibited a higher activity than that immobilized on the nonfunctionalized CNTs. To explain the experimental results and explore the mechanism of lysozyme adsorption, large-scale molecular dynamics simulations have been performed for a four-component system, including lysozyme, SHS, CNTs in explicit water. It has been found that the assembled SHS molecules form a soft layer on the surface of CNTs. The interactions between lysozyme and SHS induce the rearrangement of SHS molecules, forming a saddle-like structure on the CNT surface. The saddle-like structure fits the shape of the lysozyme, and the active-site cleft of the lysozyme is exposed to the water phase. Whereas, for the lysozyme adsorbed on the nonfunctionalized CNT, due to the hydrophobic interactions, the active-site cleft of the enzyme tends to face the wall of the CNT. The results of this work demonstrate that the SHS molecules as the interfacial substance have a function of adjusting the lysozyme with an appropriate orientation, which is favorable for the lysozyme having a higher activity.
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