State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization and Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.
School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, P. R. China.
J Am Chem Soc. 2023 Aug 2;145(30):16835-16842. doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c05162. Epub 2023 Jul 24.
In nature, enzymatic reactions occur in well-functioning catalytic pockets, where substrates bind and react by properly arranging the catalytic sites and amino acids in a three-dimensional (3D) space. Single-atom nanozymes (SAzymes) are a new type of nanozymes with active sites similar to those of natural metalloenzymes. However, the catalytic centers in current SAzymes are two-dimensional (2D) architectures and the lack of collaborative substrate-binding features limits their catalytic activity. Herein, we report a dimensionality engineering strategy to convert conventional 2D Fe-N-4 centers into 3D structures by integrating oxidized sulfur functionalities onto the carbon plane. Our results suggest that oxidized sulfur functionalities could serve as binding sites for assisting substrate orientation and facilitating the desorption of HO, resulting in an outstanding specific activity of up to 119.77 U mg, which is 6.8 times higher than that of conventional FeNC SAzymes. This study paves the way for the rational design of highly active single-atom nanozymes.
在自然界中,酶促反应发生在功能良好的催化口袋中,底物通过在三维(3D)空间中适当排列催化位点和氨基酸来结合和反应。单原子纳米酶(SAzymes)是一种新型的纳米酶,其活性位点类似于天然金属酶。然而,目前 SAzymes 的催化中心是二维(2D)结构,缺乏协同的底物结合特征限制了它们的催化活性。在此,我们报告了一种维度工程策略,通过将氧化硫官能团集成到碳平面上,将传统的 2D Fe-N-4 中心转化为 3D 结构。我们的结果表明,氧化硫官能团可以作为辅助底物定向的结合位点,并促进 HO 的解吸,从而使比活性高达 119.77 U mg,比传统的 FeNC SAzymes 高 6.8 倍。这项研究为设计高活性单原子纳米酶铺平了道路。
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