Structure and properties of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) produced by Alcaligenes latus

Autor: Yoshiharu Doi, Choong-Kyung Kang, Satoshi Kusaka
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Biotechnology Letters. 17:583-588
ISSN: 1573-6776
0141-5492
DOI: 10.1007/bf00129382
Popis: Random copolymers of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) and 4-hydroxybutyrate (4HB) with a wide range of compositions varying from 0 to 83 mol% 4HB were produced by Alcaligenes latus from the mixed carbon substrates of 3-hydroxybutyric and 4-hydroxybutyric acids. The structure and physical properties of P(3HB-co-4HB) were characterized by1H and13C NMR spectroscopy, gel-permeation chromatography, and differential scanning calorimetry. The isothermal radial growth rates of spherulites of P(3HB-co-4HB) were much slower than the rate of P(3HB) homopolymer. The enzymatic degradation rates of P(3HB-co-4HB) films by a PHB depolymerase were strongly influenced by the copolymer composition.
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