Cleaving DNA-model phosphodiester with Lewis acid-base catalytic sites in bifunctional Zr-MOFs

Dalton Trans. 2019 Jun 11;48(23):8044-8048. doi: 10.1039/c9dt00246d.

Abstract

Organophosphates exist in many biomolecules. The design of artificial nucleases for efficient P-O bond cleavage is essential for the fields of genetic engineering and molecular biology. Herein, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with cooperatively isolated multi-catalytic active sites were utilized as heterogeneous catalysts for the hydrolytic cleavage of bis(p-nitrophenyl) phosphate (BNPP).