Issue 2, 2011
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Soft Matter

Enzyme-catalyzed chemical structure-controlling template polymerization

Peter Walde*a  and  Zengwei Guoa  

* Corresponding authors

a ETH Zürich, Department of Materials, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, Zürich, Switzerland
E-mail: peter.walde@mat.ethz.ch
Fax: +41 44 632 1265
Tel: +41 44 632 0473

Abstract

The chemical structure of polymers obtained through enzyme-catalyzed reactions can be controlled by the addition of chemical structure-controlling templates. Examples are reviewed and discussed. Although this concept is applied successfully, it seems to be limited to polymerization reactions which are initiated by certain oxidoreductases (for example peroxidases or laccases). This conclusion is based on the consideration of (i) selected examples of enzymatic in vitropolymerizations and (ii) some of the key features of the biosynthesis of biopolymers.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0SM00259C
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
14 Apr 2010
Accepted
22 Aug 2010
First published
16 Sep 2010

Soft Matter, 2011,7, 316-331

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P. Walde and Z. Guo, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 316 DOI: 10.1039/C0SM00259C

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