Peptide Amphiphilic Supramolecular Nanogels: Competent Host for Notably Efficient Lipase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Water-Insoluble Substrates

The present work depicts the development of stable nanogels in an aqueous medium that were exploited for efficient surface-active lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis of water-insoluble substrates. Surfactant-coated gel nanoparticles (neutral NG1, anionic NG2, and cationic NG3) were prepared from peptide amp...

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Published in:Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 2023-09, Vol.24 (18), p.e202300253
Main Authors: Pal, Sudeshna, Khan, Aftab Hossain, Chowdhury, Monalisa, Das, Prasanta Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aqueous solutions
Circular dichroism
Conformation
Dichroism
Hydrolysis
Hydrophilicity
Hydrophobicity
Lipase
Lipophilic
Nanoparticles
Peptides
Protein structure
Secondary structure
Substrates
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Summary:The present work depicts the development of stable nanogels in an aqueous medium that were exploited for efficient surface-active lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis of water-insoluble substrates. Surfactant-coated gel nanoparticles (neutral NG1, anionic NG2, and cationic NG3) were prepared from peptide amphiphilic hydrogelator (G1, G2, and G3, respectively) at different hydrophilic and lipophilic balance (HLB). Chromobacterium viscosum (CV) lipase activity towards hydrolysis of water-insoluble substrates (p-nitrophyenyl-n-alkanoates (C4-C10)) in the presence of nanogels got remarkably improved by ~1.7-8.0 fold in comparison to that in aqueous buffer and other self-aggregates. An increase in hydrophobicity of the substrate led to a notable improvement in lipase activity in the hydrophilic domain (HLB>8.0) of nanogels. The micro-heterogeneous interface of small-sized (10-65 nm) nanogel was found to be an appropriate scaffold for immobilizing surface-active lipase to exhibit superior catalytic efficiency. Concurrently, the flexible conformation of lipase immobilized in nanogels was reflected in its secondary structure having the highest α-helix content from the circular dichroism spectra.
ISSN:1439-4227
1439-7633
1439-7633
DOI:10.1002/cbic.202300253