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TY - JOUR
T1 - Wiring of heme enzymes by methylene-blue labeled dendrimers
AU - Álvarez-Martos, Isabel
AU - Shahdost-fard, Faezeh
AU - Ferapontova, Elena
PY - 2017/9/20
Y1 - 2017/9/20
N2 - Redox-modified branched 3D dendrimeric nanostructures may be considered as perspective wires for electrical connection between redox enzymes and electrodes. Here, we studied electron transfer (ET) reactions and bioelectrocatalysis of heme-containing horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and heme- and molibdopterin-containing sulfite oxidase (SOx), wired to gold by the methylene blue (MB)-labeled polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers. The enzymes’ electrochemical transformation and bioelectrocatalyticfunction could be followed at both unlabeled and MB-labeled dendrimer-modified electrodes with the formal redox potentials of the heme centers being at 341 mV for HRP and 185 mV for SOx. In contrast to the HRP-dendrimer and HRP-MB-dendrimer systems, which demonstrated very close bioelectrocatalytic patterns, multicofactor SOx wired to MB-dendrimer showed a bioelectrocatalysis superior to that based on direct ET reaction. This can be correlated with a statistically larger number of positively charged MB sites on the dendrimer surface able to electrically connect the negatively charged heme domain of SOx and the electrode. In this perspective, redox-labeled dendrimers appear to be useful tools for wiring, optimization of bioelectrocatalysis of complex intermembrane and, possibly, membrane enzymes.
AB - Redox-modified branched 3D dendrimeric nanostructures may be considered as perspective wires for electrical connection between redox enzymes and electrodes. Here, we studied electron transfer (ET) reactions and bioelectrocatalysis of heme-containing horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and heme- and molibdopterin-containing sulfite oxidase (SOx), wired to gold by the methylene blue (MB)-labeled polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers. The enzymes’ electrochemical transformation and bioelectrocatalyticfunction could be followed at both unlabeled and MB-labeled dendrimer-modified electrodes with the formal redox potentials of the heme centers being at 341 mV for HRP and 185 mV for SOx. In contrast to the HRP-dendrimer and HRP-MB-dendrimer systems, which demonstrated very close bioelectrocatalytic patterns, multicofactor SOx wired to MB-dendrimer showed a bioelectrocatalysis superior to that based on direct ET reaction. This can be correlated with a statistically larger number of positively charged MB sites on the dendrimer surface able to electrically connect the negatively charged heme domain of SOx and the electrode. In this perspective, redox-labeled dendrimers appear to be useful tools for wiring, optimization of bioelectrocatalysis of complex intermembrane and, possibly, membrane enzymes.
KW - BIOELECTROCATALYSIS
KW - Dendrimers
KW - Methylene blue
KW - Horseradish Peroxidase
KW - SULFITE OXIDASE
U2 - 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.07.161
DO - 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.07.161
M3 - Journal article
VL - 249
SP - 206
EP - 215
JO - Electrochimica Acta
JF - Electrochimica Acta
SN - 0013-4686
ER -