Title
Supramolecular Hydrogel Inspired from DNA Structures Mimics Peroxidase Activity
Author
Tanima Bhattacharyya, Y. Pavan Kumar, Jyotirmayee Dash
Year
2017
Journal
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Abstract
We herein report that hydrogels can be prepared from guanosine and boronic acids in the presence of K+ and Pb2+ ions. These supramolecular hydrogels are formed via G-quartet like self-assembly of guanosine and its boronate esters. The potential of this hydrogel construct in mimicking enzyme-like activity has been demonstrated for the first time. We have observed that the self-assembled structure present in K+ stabilized hydrogel binds to iron(III)-hemin and shows peroxidase activity, catalyzing oxidation of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) in the presence of H2O2. Furthermore, the conformation of the G-quartet assemblies in the hydrogel can be altered by varying the stabilizing cations K+ and Pb2+. This conformational switching has been used to devise a molecular logic gate for sensing of toxic Pb2+ ions.
Instrument
J-815
Keywords
Circular dichroism, Soret region, Ligand binding, Biochemistry, Materials