Biofunctionalized "Kiwifruit-Assembly" of Oxidoreductases in Mesoporous ZnO/Carbon Nanoparticles for Efficient Asymmetric Catalysis.

Zhang, Rongzhen; Jiang, Jiawei; Zhou, Junping; Xu, Yan; Xiao, Rong; Xia, Xinhui; Rao, Zhiming · Adv Mater · 2018

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A mesoporous ZnO/carbon composite is designed for coimmobilization of two oxidoreductases involving a novel "kiwifruit-assembly" pattern. The coimmobilization of (S)-carbonyl reductase II-glucose dehydrogenase on nanoparticles (SCRII-GDH<sub>nano</sub> ) exhibits 40-50% higher specific activity than the free enzyme and significantly improves stabilities of enzymes to heat, pH and solvents. It performs asymmetric catalysis of 75 × 10<sup>-3</sup> m substrate with a perfect yield of 100% and an excellent enantioselectivity of 99.9% within 1 h. SCRII-GDH<sub>nano</sub> gives an over 72% yield and 99.9% enantioselectivity after it is reused for ten times. Even with a highly concentrated (400 × 10<sup>-3</sup> m) substrate, it shows about 60% yield and 99.9% enantioselectivity within 4 h. SCRII-GDH<sub>nano</sub> presents 4.5-8.0-fold higher productivity in 2.0-8.0-fold shorter reaction time than the free enzyme. This work provides a general, facile, and unique approach for the immobilization of two oxidoreductases and gives high catalytic efficiency, long-term and good recycling stabilities by triggering radical proton-coupled electron transfer.

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