Lipase‐catalyzed synthesis of aliphatic poly(β‐thioether ester) with various methylene group contents: thermal properties,crystallization and degradation

A series of novel aliphatic poly(β‐thioether ester)s with various methylene group contents were prepared by direct lipase‐catalyzed polycondensation of the monomer with an acid‐labile β‐thiopropionate group. The polycondensation reaction using immobilized lipase B from Candida antarctica was carried out in diphenyl ether at 90 °C. Poly(β‐thioether ester)s with high molecular weights of 20 500–57 000 Da and narrow polydispersities in the range 1.40–1.48 were obtained. Thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry and wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction were used to investigate the thermal properties and crystal structures of these polyesters. All the poly(β‐thioether ester)s were semicrystalline polymers and thermally stable up to at least 200 °C. In vitro degradation studies showed that they can rapidly degrade under acidic conditions by the hydrolysis of the β‐thiopropionate groups, suggesting their potential as acid‐degradable polymeric materials. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry     

Site-Specific PEGylation of Therapeutic Proteins

The use of proteins as therapeutics has a long history and is becoming ever more common in modern medicine. While the number of protein-based drugs is growing every year, significant problems still remain with their use. Among these problems are rapid degradation and excretion from patients, thus requiring frequent dosing, which in turn increases the chances for an immunological response as well as increasing the cost of therapy. One of the main strategies to alleviate these problems is to link a polyethylene glycol (PEG) group to the protein of interest. This process, called PEGylation, has grown dramatically in recent years resulting in several approved drugs. Installing a single PEG chain at a defined site in a protein is challenging. Recently, there is has been considerable research into various methods for the site-specific PEGylation of proteins. This review seeks to summarize that work and provide background and context for how site-specific PEGylation is performed. After introducing the topic of site-specific PEGylation, recent developments using chemical methods are described. That is followed by a more extensive discussion of bioorthogonal reactions and enzymatic labeling.     

Aqueous One-pot Synthesis of Glycopolymers by Glycosidase-catalyzed Glycomonomer Synthesis Using 4,6-Dimetoxy Triazinyl Glycoside Followed by Radical Polymerization

Glycopolymers have attracted increased attention as functional polymeric materials, and simple methods for synthesizing glycopolymers remain needed. This paper reports the aqueous one-pot and chemoenzymatic synthesis of four types of glycopolymers via two reactions: the β-galactosidase-catalyzed glycomonomer synthesis using 4,6-dimetoxy triazinyl β-D-galactopyranoside and hydroxy group-containing (meth)acrylamide and (meth)acrylate derivatives as the activated glycosyl donor substrate and as the glycomonomer precursors, respectively, followed by radical copolymerization of the resulting glycomonomer and excess glycomonomer precursor without isolating the glycomonomers. The resulting glycopolymers bearing galactose moieties exhibited specific and strong interactions with the lectin peanut agglutinin as glycoclusters.     

癸二酸二甲酯与1,2,2,6,6-五甲基哌啶醇的酯交换反应

对癸二酸二甲酯与1,2,2,6,6-五甲基哌啶醇的酯交换反应进行了研究;分别考察了四异丙基钛酸酯、氨基锂、氧化二辛基锡3种催化剂的性能;采用氢核磁共振确定了产物的结构;考察了以四异丙基钛酸酯为催化剂时反应温度、反应时间、原料配比和催化剂用量对反应的影响。实验结果表明,四异丙基钛酸酯催化剂的催化效果最好;在癸二酸二甲酯与1,2,2,6,6-五甲基哌啶醇摩尔比1∶1.79、四异丙基钛酸酯催化剂的用量为反应物总质量的0.31%、反应温度180℃、反应时间6h的条件下,所得产物中单(1,2,2,6,6-五甲基-4-哌啶基)癸二酸甲酯(简称单酯)质量分数为23%和双(1,2,2,6,6-五甲基-4-哌啶基)癸二酸酯(简称双酯)质量分数为73%,单双酯质量比为1∶3.17,产物收率为93.3%。该方法可得到理想的单双酯比例及产物收率,具有很好的工业应用前景。     

L-肉碱的酶法生产

要L-肉碱是与动物体内脂肪酸代谢有关的化合物,主要功能是作为载体将长链脂肪酸从线粒体膜外输送到膜内促进脂肪酸的β-氧化,将脂肪代谢转变为能量。L-肉碱广泛用于医药、保健食品及饲料等行业。江苏省微生物研究所在成功解决了高转化率微生物酶的选育、肉碱与巴豆甜菜碱的分离技术和巴豆甜菜碱的回收问题后,开发了L-肉碱的微生物酶法生产技术,并与常茂生物化学工程有限公司合作进行了日产1kg规模的中试,用300L发酵罐发酵产酶,150L酶反应器进行酶转化,L-肉碱的发酵水平达15g/L以上,用401L有机玻璃层析柱系统提取精制,提取收率达70％以上,产品质量符合USP23版标准。     

浅谈酶在非接触印刷废纸脱墨中的应用

简要地介绍了纤维素酶、半纤维素酶和淀粉酶在非接触印刷废纸脱墨中的研究及其应用