PEG-inhibitor conjugates: application of diphenyl alpha-aminoalkylphosphonate to removal of chymotrypsin

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2003 Oct;67(10):2273-6. doi: 10.1271/bbb.67.2273.

Abstract

Diphenyl 1-amino-2-phenylethylphosphonate was introduced to poly(ethylene glycol)s (PEGs) with average molecular masses of 300, 400, and 600 to prepare water-insoluble PEG-inhibitor conjugates. Interestingly, only the conjugate from PEG with an average molecular weight of 600 formed a precipitate with chymotrypsin but not with trypsin. The results demonstrated that the PEG-inhibitor conjugate is useful for separation of chymotrypsin.

MeSH terms

  • Chemical Precipitation
  • Chymotrypsin / isolation & purification*
  • Methods
  • Molecular Weight
  • Organophosphonates / chemistry*
  • Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry*
  • Protease Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Serine Endopeptidases / isolation & purification
  • Trypsin

Substances

  • Organophosphonates
  • Protease Inhibitors
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Serine Endopeptidases
  • Chymotrypsin
  • Trypsin