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Published on: June 6, 2012
Development of a glucose-6-phosphate biosensor based on coimmobilized p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase and
Yue Cui1, John P Barford, Reinhard Renneberg
1Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. kecuiyue@ust.hk <kecuiyue@ust.hk>
Abstract:
This work reports the development of an amperometric glucose-6-phosphate biosensor by coimmobilizing p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase (HBH) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) on a screen-printed electrode. The principle of the determination scheme is as follows: G6PDH catalyzes the specific dehydrogenation of glucose-6-phosphate by consuming NADP(+). The product, NADPH, initiates the irreversible the hydroxylation of p-hydroxybenzoate by HBH in the presence of oxygen to produce 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate, which results in a detectable signal due to its oxidation at the working electrode. The sensor shows a broad linear detection range between 2 microM and 1000 microM with a low detection limit of 1.2 microM. Also, it has a fast measuring time which can achieve 95% of the maximum current response in 20s after the addition of a given concentration of glucose-6-phosphate with a short recovery time (2 min).
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