title: Nanostructures for peroxidases.
abstract: Peroxidases are enzymes catalyzing redox reactions that cleave peroxides. Their active redox centers have heme, cysteine thiols, selenium, manganese, and other chemical moieties. Peroxidases and their mimetic systems have several technological and biomedical applications such as environment protection, energy production, bioremediation, sensors and immunoassays design, and drug delivery devices. The combination of peroxidases or systems with peroxidase-like activity with nanostructures such as nanoparticles, nanotubes, thin films, liposomes, micelles, nanoflowers, nanorods and others is often an efficient strategy to improve catalytic activity, targeting, and reusability.
authors.affiliation: Biocolloids Laboratory, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Carmona-Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: NanoBioMav, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC Santo André, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Prieto
authors.affiliation: NanoBioMav, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC Santo André, Brazil.
authors.forename: Iseli L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Nantes
keywords: antioxidant enzymes; antioxidants; improved and reusable peroxidase activity; micelles; nanotubes; particles; self-assembly