Publications by authors named "Ryo Kinugasa"

Nylon hydrolase (NylC) is initially expressed as an inactive precursor (36 kDa). The precursor is cleaved autocatalytically at Asn266/Thr267 to generate an active enzyme composed of an α subunit (27 kDa) and a β subunit (9 kDa). Four αβ heterodimers (molecules A-D) form a doughnut-shaped quaternary structure.

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Nylon hydrolase degrades various aliphatic nylons, including nylon-6 and nylon-66. We synthesized a nylon-66 copolymer (M w = 22,900, M n = 7,400), in which a part of an adipoyl unit (32 % molar ratio) of nylon-66 was replaced with a succinyl unit by interfacial polymerization. To quantify the reaction rate of the enzymatic hydrolysis of nylons at the surface of solid polymers, we prepared a thin layer of nylons on the bottom surface of each well in a polystyrene-based micro-assay plate.

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