TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular design of biodegradable functional polymers, 4 Poly(vinyl alcohol) block as biodegradable segment
AU - Matsumura, Shuichi
AU - Shimura, Yukimasa
AU - Toshima, Kazunobu
AU - Tsuji, Masao
AU - Hatanaka, Tadashi
PY - 1995/11
Y1 - 1995/11
N2 - The minimum structure of a poly(vinyl alcohol) block as a biodegradable segment in the polymer chain was estimated with respect to block length and its stereochemical configuration. It was found that poly(vinyl alcohol) block with a chain length of more than 3 monomeric units and having an isotactic structure is quickly biodegraded, in contrast to an atactic block having the same chain length, by poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) assimilating microbes and PVA‐dehydrogenase. It was also found that the substrate specificity of PVA‐dehydrogenase obtained from both Alcaligenes faecalis KK314 and Pseudomonas sp. 113 P3 is quite similar.
AB - The minimum structure of a poly(vinyl alcohol) block as a biodegradable segment in the polymer chain was estimated with respect to block length and its stereochemical configuration. It was found that poly(vinyl alcohol) block with a chain length of more than 3 monomeric units and having an isotactic structure is quickly biodegraded, in contrast to an atactic block having the same chain length, by poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) assimilating microbes and PVA‐dehydrogenase. It was also found that the substrate specificity of PVA‐dehydrogenase obtained from both Alcaligenes faecalis KK314 and Pseudomonas sp. 113 P3 is quite similar.
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U2 - 10.1002/macp.1995.021961101
DO - 10.1002/macp.1995.021961101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0009353428
VL - 196
SP - 3437
EP - 3445
JO - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
JF - Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
SN - 1022-1352
IS - 11
ER -