Abstract
Poly(acrylic acid)s (PAAs) with various functional groups, such as phenolic hydroxyl, amino, and aldehyde groups, in the side-chains were treated with manganese peroxidase (MnP) prepared from the culture of lignin-degrading white rot fungi. While no change in the Mw of PAA without a functional group was observed after a 24-h MnP treatment, the Mw␣of␣PAA␣with p-aminophenol as side-chains decreased from 90,000 to 59,000, and that with␣o-aminophenol from 70,000 to 26,000. MnP treatment also decreased the Mw of PAA with a p-aminoaniline or aldehyde group. Furthermore, the MnP treatment generated a significant depolymerization of the cross-linked PAA with p-aminophenol from an insoluble polymer to water soluble products. These results suggest that functional groups generating radicals can act as elemental devices and induce degradation of the PAA main chain.
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Ito, S., Okada, Y., Hirai, H. et al. Degradation of Poly(acrylic acid)s with Phenolic Side-Chains by Manganese Peroxidase from White Rot Fungi. J Polym Environ 13, 357–363 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-005-5530-3
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