Dahiru Umar Liman

Mr. Dahiru Umar Liman


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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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13 February 2026 in Organics
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HOHirokazu Okamoto
Hirokazu Okamoto
ANAyane Nomoto
Ayane Nomoto
DLDahiru Umar Liman
Dahiru Umar Liman
ARAkib Bin Rahman
Akib Bin Rahman
TTToshifumi Tojo
Toshifumi Tojo
Shin AokiShin Aoki
Shin Aoki
Protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation reactions of intracellular molecules catalyzed by enzymes such as kinases and phosphatases are essential reactions in a lot of cellular functions such as intracellular signal transduction in living systems. The design and synthesis of artificial enzyme mimics are important research topics in bioorganic and bioinorganic chemistry. In this paper, we report on the construction of artificial phosphatases via the supramolecular self-assembly of compounds such as an amphiphilic bis(Zn2+-cyclen) (cyclen = 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane) complex, barbital derivatives modified with benzocrown ethers and boronophenyl groups, and a copper(II) ion in a two-phase solvent system. We have developed a hypothesis whereby a mono(4-nitrophenyl)phosphate (MNP) substrate coordinates to the Cu2(µ-OH)2 core in supramolecular complexes and is activated either by Lewis acidic units such as alkali metal (Li+, Na+ and K+)-benzocrown ether complexes or by boronophenyl moieties. The findings suggest that supramolecular phosphatase functionalized with a benzo-12-crown-4-Li+ complex shows a higher level of activity in the MNP hydrolysis of a two-phase solvent system compared with that of our previous supramolecular phosphatases in terms of hydrolysis activity and catalytic turnover.