Artificial g
lutathione peroxidase (GPx) model 2, 2'-ditel
lurobis(2-deoxy-
-cyclodextrin) (2-TeCD)which has the desirable properties exhibited high substrate specificity and remarkably catalytic efficiencywhen 3-carboxy-4-nitrobenzenethiol (ArSH) was used as a preferential thiol substrate. The complexationof ArSH with
-cyclodextrin was investigated through UV spectral titrations, f
luorescence spectroscopy,
1HNMR and molecular simulation, and these results indicated that ArSH fits well to the size of the cavity of
-cyclodextrin. Furthermore, 2-TeCD was found to catalyze the reduction of cumene peroxide (CuOOH)by ArSH 200 000-fold more efficiently than diphenyl diselenide (PhSeSePh). Its steady-state kinetics wasstudied and the second rate constant
kmax/
KArSH was found to be 1.05 × 10
7 M
-1 min
-1 and similar to thatof natural GPx. Moreover, the kinetic data revealed that the catalytic efficiency of 2-TeCD depended stronglyupon the competitive recognition of both substrates for 2-TeCD. The catalytic mechanism of 2-TeCD catalysisagreed well with a ping-pong mechanism, in analogy with natural GPx, and might exert its thiol peroxidaseactivity via tel
lurol, tel
lurenic acid, and tel
lurosulfide.