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Wang F, Liu Y, Du C, Gao R. Current Strategies for Real-Time Enzyme Activation. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12050599. [PMID: 35625527 PMCID: PMC9139169 DOI: 10.3390/biom12050599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Enzyme activation is a powerful means of achieving biotransformation function, aiming to intensify the reaction processes with a higher yield of product in a short time, and can be exploited for diverse applications. However, conventional activation strategies such as genetic engineering and chemical modification are generally irreversible for enzyme activity, and they also have many limitations, including complex processes and unpredictable results. Recently, near-infrared (NIR), alternating magnetic field (AMF), microwave and ultrasound irradiation, as real-time and precise activation strategies for enzyme analysis, can address many limitations due to their deep penetrability, sustainability, low invasiveness, and sustainability and have been applied in many fields, such as biomedical and industrial applications and chemical synthesis. These spatiotemporal and controllable activation strategies can transfer light, electromagnetic, or ultrasound energy to enzymes, leading to favorable conformational changes and improving the thermal stability, stereoselectivity, and kinetics of enzymes. Furthermore, the different mechanisms of activation strategies have determined the type of applicable enzymes and manipulated protocol designs that either immobilize enzymes on nanomaterials responsive to light or magnetic fields or directly influence enzymatic properties. To employ these effects to finely and efficiently activate enzyme activity, the physicochemical features of nanomaterials and parameters, including the frequency and intensity of activation methods, must be optimized. Therefore, this review offers a comprehensive overview related to emerging technologies for achieving real-time enzyme activation and summarizes their characteristics and advanced applications.
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Wang G, Hao P, Liang Y, Liang Y, Liu W, Wen J, Li X, Zhan H, Bi S. The new life of traditional water treatment flocculant polyaluminum chloride (PAC): a green and efficient micro–nano reactor catalyst in alcohol solvents. RSC Adv 2022; 12:655-663. [PMID: 35425147 PMCID: PMC8696963 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra08038e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Polyaluminum chloride (PAC) is an inorganic polymer material that has the advantages of a simple preparation process and special electronic structure. It is considered to be the most efficient and widely used flocculation material for water treatment. In this work, PAC has been used as a Lewis acid catalyst in interdisciplinary fields because of its polynuclear Al–O cation structure. Further, its catalytic mechanism in green organic synthesis has been studied in detail by using the multicomponent Biginelli reaction as the probe. The effect of solvent on the self-assembly and aggregation process of PAC materials was investigated using optical microscopy, UV-Vis spectrophotometry, particle size analysis, XPS, IR, SEM and HR-TEM. The results show that the PAC materials have different morphological characteristics in different solvents. The Al–O–Al cations were transformed in the ethanol solvent to form new multi-nuclear cation aggregates Alb, which could be used as inorganic micro–nano reactors with unique synergistic catalysis in catalytic reactions. This is the first time the role of PAC in the Biginelli reaction has been analyzed with a liquid in situ infrared instrument, which provided favorable evidence for the speculated reaction mechanism. The PAC–ethanol system is, therefore, considered to be a green, efficient (best yield >99%), economic and recyclable catalyst for catalyzing organic synthesis reactions. The development and utilization of PAC materials in organic synthesis will bring new vitality to this cheap material, which is widely used in industries. The polyaluminum chloride–ethanol micro–nano reactor is a green, efficient, easy-to-handle and economical catalyst for catalyzing organic synthesis reactions.![]()
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- Gang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China
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Jumbam ND, Masamba W. Bio-Catalysis in Multicomponent Reactions. Molecules 2020; 25:E5935. [PMID: 33333902 PMCID: PMC7765341 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25245935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Enzyme catalysis is a very active research area in organic chemistry, because biocatalysts are compatible with and can be adjusted to many reaction conditions, as well as substrates. Their integration in multicomponent reactions (MCRs) allows for simple protocols to be implemented in the diversity-oriented synthesis of complex molecules in chemo-, regio-, stereoselective or even specific modes without the need for the protection/deprotection of functional groups. The application of bio-catalysis in MCRs is therefore a welcome and logical development and is emerging as a unique tool in drug development and discovery, as well as in combinatorial chemistry and related areas of research.
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- Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Nelson Mandela Drive, Mthatha 5117, South Africa;
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Hu Z, Xie Z, Zhu Z, Gong B, Jiang G, Le Z. Synthesis of Mannich-type derivatives from amides activated by hydrogen bonding with ZnCl 2. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:9095-9099. [PMID: 33146660 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob01989e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The amide group has one of the most significant functionalities found in many natural products. Herein, low-nucleophilic amides are used in a Mannich-type reaction to synthesize N-acyl-protected amine derivatives. A highly efficient synthetic method utilizing simple aldehydes, N-substituted anilines, and amides as substrates was established through a one-pot amide pathway activated by hydrogen bonding between the ZnCl2 and amide under solvent-free conditions. This strategy can be broadly applied to medicinal chemistry. More importantly, compared with the previous Lewis acid catalyzed reaction, we proposed a new application of zinc chloride.
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- Zhiyu Hu
- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China. and School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China.
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China. and School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China.
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China. and School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China.
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China. and School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China.
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China. and School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China.
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China. and School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China.
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