Superoxide dismutase mimicking Cu(II)-mixed amino acid complexes covalently grafted onto silica gel--an FT-IR study

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2010 May;397(2):549-55. doi: 10.1007/s00216-009-3397-1. Epub 2010 Jan 15.

Abstract

Our recent work concerning the synthesis, characterisation and testing of bioinspired electron transfer catalysts is described in this contribution. The catalysts were various Cu(II) complexes having mixed C- or N-protected amino acids (L-histidine and L-tyrosine) as ligands covalently grafted onto surface-modified silica gel. The resulting materials were structurally characterised by FT-IR spectroscopy, and their superoxide dismutase activities were tested. The covalently anchored Cu(II) complexes displayed appreciable activities in the test reaction; thus, they may be considered as promising candidates as durable electron transfer catalysts approaching the efficiency of the enzyme mimicked.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemistry*
  • Biomimetic Materials / chemistry*
  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Gels / chemistry
  • Histidine / chemistry
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Superoxide Dismutase / chemistry*
  • Tyrosine / chemistry

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Gels
  • Tyrosine
  • Histidine
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Copper
  • Superoxide Dismutase