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Evidence of catalytic activity of polypeptides artificially synthesized from conservative aminoacids
A.D. Ilyina, D. Ibarra-Coronado, , F. Cerda-Ramarez
Published in
2006
Volume: 47
   
Issue: 2
Pages: 134 - 142
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to obtain the combinatorial libraries in water and reverse micellar systems and to evaluate their catalytic activity applying the reverse micelles as micro-reactors defined the restrictions of size and conformation. The amino acids, viz., Gly, Asp, His, Arg and Leu were selected for polypeptide synthesis based on the reported bioinformatic approaches. The polypeptides were synthesized by carbodiimide method. The activity was defined as increase in absorbance after 15 min of reaction with reference to control without amino acids using ABTS, catechol, pyrogallol as the substrates for oxidase activity, ABTSTH2O2 as the substrates for peroxidase activity and NIPAB as the substrate for hydrolase activity, with and without Zn2+, Cu2+, Mn2+ sulfates and hemin. The evidence of catalytic activity was observed in the synthesized combinatorial libraries. The presence of polypeptide chains was demonstrated by electrophoresis.
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JournalVestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta Seriya 2 Khimiya
ISSN05799384