Formation of an amylose-polyester inclusion complex by means of phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization of α-D-glucose 1-phosphate monomer in the presence of poly(ε-caprolactone)
Formation of an amylose-polyester inclusion complex by means of phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization of α-D-glucose 1-phosphate monomer in the presence of poly(ε-caprolactone)
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10.1021/ma010606n
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发表时间:
2001-09-11
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5.5
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Tagaya, H
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作者:
Kadokawa, J;Kaneko, Y;Tagaya, H
The biological macromolecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, and polysaccharides accommodate the important in vivo functions associated with “living”. The important biological functions of these macromolecules appear to be controlled by not only their first-order structures but also those of higher-order structures, eg, a double helix of DNA. 1 The research field on precision architecture of synthetic macromolecules with higher structural order, ie,“supramolecular chemistry”, therefore, has recently been of importance from the viewpoint of contact with study on biological works. 2 Specially, the study on the supramolecular chemistry connected with polymerization chemistry is conceived as a significant research topic to elucidate the biological mechanism of naturally occurring macromolecules. Amylose, a natural helical polysaccharide, is a wellknown molecule forming higher structural ordered complexes with monomeric organic guest molecules. 3 However, the chemical formation of the complexes between amylose and polymeric guest molecules had been scarcely reported. 4 Recently, we have found a new methodology for formation of an amylose-polymer inclusion complex by means of amylose-forming polymerization. 5 Such a new method was achieved by an enzymatic polymerization of R-D-glucose 1-phosphate monomer (Glc-1-P) catalyzed by phosphorylase in the presence of polyTHF as a guest polymer. 6 This communication reports formation of an amylose-polyester inclusion complex by means of this polymerization technique using telechelic poly (ϵ-caprolactone)(PCL) with hydroxy end groups as a new guest polymer (Scheme 1). 7 In addition to the preparation of the inclusion complex, we also describe the unique property of the included PCL under alkaline conditions. The phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization of Glc-1-P from maltoheptaose (Glc7) as a primer was carried out in the presence of a telechelic PCL (DP) 9.0, Mn) ca. 1000) 8 with hydroxy end groups in citrate buffer. 9, 10 The precipitated product was characterized by means of the 1H NMR and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements. The 1H NMR spectrum of the product shows the signals due not only to the amylose but also to the PCL. The XRD scan of the same product indicates two strong diffraction maxima at 2θ) 12.4 and 19.8, corresponding to d) 0.71 and 0.45 nm, respectively (Figure 1b). The XRD pattern is completely different from that of amylose (Figure 1a) and is similar to that of the inclusion complex of amylose with poly-