Enzymes as green catalysts for precision macromolecular synthesis

S Shoda, H Uyama, J Kadokawa, S Kimura… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The present article comprehensively reviews the macromolecular synthesis using enzymes
as catalysts. Among the six main classes of enzymes, the three classes, oxidoreductases …

Enzymatic polymer synthesis: an opportunity for green polymer chemistry

S Kobayashi, A Makino - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Polymeric materials, natural and unnatural, are indispensable to the modern society. They
are widely used from everyday life usages as commodity materials to industry and …

PLA nano‐and microparticles for drug delivery: an overview of the methods of preparation

V Lassalle, ML Ferreira - Macromolecular bioscience, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The controlled release of medicaments remains the most convenient way of drug delivery.
Therefore, a wide variety of reports can be found in the open literature dealing with drug …

Lipase-catalyzed polyester synthesis–a green polymer chemistry

S Kobayashi - Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, 2010 - jstage.jst.go.jp
This article is a short comprehensive review describing in vitro polyester synthesis catalyzed
by a hydrolysis enzyme of lipase, most of which has been developed for these two decades …

Recent developments in lipase‐catalyzed synthesis of polyesters

S Kobayashi - Macromolecular rapid communications, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Polyester synthesis by lipase catalyst involves two major polymerization modes: i) ring‐
opening polymerization of lactones, and, ii) polycondensation. Ring‐opening polymerization …

Enzymatic ring‐opening polymerization and polycondensation for the green synthesis of polyesters

S Kobayashi - Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme‐catalyzed polyester synthesis has been briefly reviewed with focusing on the
studies achieved mainly by our group. This article describes the polyester synthesis based …

Lipase/esterase-catalyzed synthesis of aliphatic polyesters via polycondensation: A review

Y Yu, D Wu, C Liu, Z Zhao, Y Yang, Q Li - Process Biochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, there has been an increasing interest in lipase/esterase-catalyzed
polycondensation as an alternative to metal-based catalytic process, because the former …

Enzymatic synthesis of polyesters via polycondensation

H Uyama, S Kobayashi - Enzyme-Catalyzed Synthesis of Polymers, 2006 - Springer
In vitro synthesis of polyesters by polycondensation using isolated enzymes as catalyst via
nonbiosynthetic pathways is reviewed. In most cases, lipase was used as catalyst and the …

Branched polyesters: Preparative strategies and applications

R d'Arcy, J Burke, N Tirelli - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
In the last 20 years, the availability of precision chemical tools (eg controlled/living
polymerizations,'click'reactions) has determined a step change in the complexity of both the …

Lipases in catalytic reactions of organic chemistry

AM Bezborodov, NA Zagustina - Applied biochemistry and microbiology, 2014 - Springer
Aspects of enzymatic catalysis in lipase-catalyzed reactions of organic synthesis are
discussed in the review. The data on modern methods of protein engineering and enzyme …