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Published on: April 1, 2018
Effects of multicopper oxidase orientation in multiwalled carbon nanotube biocathodes on direct electron transfer
Eiichiro Takamura1, Takuto Nakamura2, Hiroaki Sakamoto2
1Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
Abstract:
In this study, multicopper oxidase (MCO) was immobilized on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) at two different orientations, and the electrochemical properties of the resulting cathodes were investigated. Using N- or C-terminal His-tagged MCO and MWCNTs, we constructed two types of cathodes. We assumed that the distance between the type 1 (T1)Cu of the C-terminal His-tagged MCO and the MWCNT surface was lesser than that between the T1Cu of the N-terminal His-tagged MCO and the MWCNT surface. In addition, in the C-terminal His-tagged MCO, T1Cu was expected to be closer to the MWCNT surface than the type 2/type 3 Cu site. The current density of the modified electrode with a C-terminal His-tagged MCO immobilized on an MWCNT surface was 1.3-fold higher than that of the electrode with an N-terminal His-tagged MCO immobilized on an MWCNT surface. In addition, the amount of H2 O2 produced by the N-terminal His-tagged MCO immobilized MWCNT modified electrodes was 2.3-fold higher than that produced by the C-terminal His-tagged MCO immobilized MWCNT electrodes. In direct electron transfer (DET)-type biocathodes, both the MCO orientation and the distance between the T1Cu of MCO and the electrode surface are important. The authors succeeded in constructing highly efficient DET-type electrodes.
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