Cytochrome C catalyzed oxygen tolerant atom-transfer radical polymerization

Abstract

Atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is a well-known technique for controlled polymer synthesis. However, the ATRP usually employed toxic heavy metal ionas as the catalyst and was susceptible to molecular oxygen, which made it should be conducted under strictly anoxic condition. Conducting ATRP under ambient and biocompatible conditions is the major challenge. In this study, cytochrome C was explored as an efficient biocatalyst for ATRP under biocompatible conditions. The cytochrome C catalyzed ATRP showed a relatively low polymer dispersity index of 1.19. More interestingly, the cytochrome C catalyzed ATRP showed superior oxygen resistance as it could be performed under aerobic conditions with high dissolved oxygen level. Further analysis suggested that the Fe(II) embed in the cytochrome C might serve as the catalytic center and methyl radical was responsible for the ATRP catalysis. This work explored new biocompatible catalyst for aerobic ATRP, which might open new dimension for practical ATRP and application of cytochrome C protein.

Keywords

Atom-transfer radical polymerization / Cytochrome / ATRPase / Biocompatibility / Aerobic condition

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Funding

National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)(2021YFA0910400)

National Natural Science Foundation of China(52170081)

a Project of Faculty of Agricultural Equipment of Jiangsu University