Journal
BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages 3688-3692Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm1006954
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- NSF-RUI [DMR-080444]
- NSF-NSEC [DMR-0642575]
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
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Polymer conjugation increases an enzyme's circulation time and stability for use as a therapeutic agent, but this attachment indubitably affects its properties. Covalent attachment of multiple polyethylene glycol chains with sizes of either 2, 5, 10, or 20 kDa increases the molecular weight and hydrodynamic radius of the model enzyme trypsin. The sizes of these polymer-enzyme conjugates are increased to be within the recommended limits for PDEPT applications. The T-d increases from 49 to 60 degrees C to expand the enzyme's workable range of conditions. This functionalization with PEG polymers of varying lengths maintains trypsin's enzymatic activity. Conjugate activities are 79-120% that of native trypsin at room temperature and 221-432% that of trypsin at 37 degrees C.
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