Vernekar, Amit A and Das, Tandrila and Mugesh, Govindasamy (2016) Vacancy-Engineered Nanoceria: Enzyme Mimetic Hotspots for the Degradation of Nerve Agents. In: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 55 (4). pp. 1412-1416.
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Abstract
Organophosphorus-based nerve agents, such as paraoxon, parathion, and malathion, inhibit acetylcholinesterase, which results in paralysis, respiratory failure, and death. Bacteria are known to use the enzyme phosphotriesterase (PTE) to break down these compounds. In this work, we designed vacancy-engineered nanoceria (VE CeO2 NPs) as PTE mimetic hotspots for the rapid degradation of nerve agents. We observed that the hydrolytic effect of the nano-material is due to the synergistic activity between both Ce3+ and Ce4+ ions located in the active site-like hotspots. Furthermore, the catalysis by nanoceria overcomes the product inhibition generally observed for PTE and small molecule-based PTE mimetics.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION |
Publisher: | WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH |
Additional Information: | Copy right for this article belongs to the WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, POSTFACH 101161, 69451 WEINHEIM, GERMANY |
Keywords: | enzyme models; heterogeneous catalysis; nanozymes; nerve agents; phosphotriesterase |
Department/Centre: | Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry |
Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2016 04:55 |
Last Modified: | 07 Apr 2016 04:55 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/53491 |
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