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Enhancing Substrate Channeling with Multi‐Enzyme Architectures in Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Framework

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posted on 2025-05-14, 11:27 authored by Vahide Oskoei, Motilal Mathesh ShanmugamMotilal Mathesh Shanmugam, Wenrong YangWenrong Yang
Hydrogen‐bonded organic frameworks (HOF) represent an emerging category of organic structures with high crystallinity and metal‐free, which are not commonly observed in alternative porous organic frameworks. These needle‐like porous structure can help in stabilizing enzymes and allow transfer of molecules between enzymes participating in cascade reactions for enhanced substrate channelling. Herein, we systematically synthesized and investigated the stability of HOF at extreme conditions followed by one‐pot encapsulation of single and bi‐enzyme systems. Firstly, we observed HOF to be stable at pH 1 to 14 and at high temperatures (up to 115°C). Secondly, the encapsulated glucose oxidase enzyme (GOX) showed 80 % and 90% of its original activity at 70 °C and pH 11, respectively. Thirdly, transient time close to 0 seconds was observed for HOF encapsulated bi‐enzyme cascade reaction system demonstrating a 4.25‐fold improvement in catalytic activity when compared to free enzymes with enhanced substrate channelling. Our findings showcase a facile system synthesized under ambient conditions to encapsulate and stabilize enzymes at extreme conditions.

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Journal

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volume

30

Article number

e202401256

Pagination

1-5

Location

London, Eng.

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  • No

ISSN

0947-6539

eISSN

1521-3765

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

41

Publisher

Wiley

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