ABSTRACT
The synthesis of highly uniform gamma-benzyl-alpha,L-glutamate (BLG) oligomers via a convergent solution phase approach is reported. BLG oligomers were produced with designed lengths of 4, 8, 12, and 16 as a first step to production of BLG-4-mer and BLG-8-mer rod stars. The star oligomers were purified by size-exclusion chromatography and reversed phase HPLC, and characterized by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and reversed phase HPLC. These star-shaped BLG oligomers could be used as initiators for growing larger stars.
Subject(s)
Polyglutamic Acid/analogs & derivatives , Polyglutamic Acid/chemical synthesis , Chromatography, Gel , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid , Oligopeptides/chemical synthesis , Oligopeptides/isolation & purification , Oligopeptides/standards , Polyglutamic Acid/isolation & purification , Polyglutamic Acid/standards , Protein Structure, Secondary , Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationABSTRACT
The following conclusions can be drawn concerning the utilization of fibrin to immobilized enzyme systems. Fibrin can be used both as a powder or membrane, to covalently immobilize trypsin with retention of activity. Carbon-14 labeled trypsin can be used to estimate the amount of immobilized enzyme on a proteinaceous support. Significant amounts of noncovalently coupled (adsorbed) enzyme are present on the surface of the support. Esterase activity of the immobilized labeled trypsin was inversely proportional to the amount of attached enzyme. Optimum TAME hydrolysis occurred at pH 8-8.4. The storage stability of trypsin was enhanced. Inhibition of trypsin esterase activity occurred at substrate concentrations greater than 30mM.
