| Literature DB >> 27701869 |
Peng Li, Su-Young Moon, Mark A Guelta1, Lu Lin2, Diego A Gómez-Gualdrón, Randall Q Snurr, Steven P Harvey1, Joseph T Hupp, Omar K Farha3.
Abstract
We report the synthesis and characterization of a water-stable zirconium metal-organic framework (MOF), NU-1003, featuring the largest mesoporous aperture known for a zirconium MOF. This material has been used to immobilize the nerve agent hydrolyzing enzyme, organophosphorus acid anhydrolase (OPAA). The catalytic efficiency of immobilized OPAA in nanosized NU-1003 is significantly increased compared to that of OPAA immobilized in microsized NU-1003 and even exceeds that of the free OPAA enzyme. This paper highlights a method for rapid and highly efficient hydrolysis of nerve agents using nanosized enzyme carriers.Entities:
Keywords: enzyme immobilization; metal−organic framework; nanocarrier; nerve agent catalysis
Year: 2016 PMID: 27701869 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b04996
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Nano ISSN: 1936-0851 Impact factor: 15.881