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Hybrid bilayer membranes as platforms for biomimicry and catalysis. Nat Rev Chem 2022; 6:862-880. [PMID: 37117701 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-022-00433-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hybrid bilayer membrane (HBM) platforms represent an emerging nanoscale bio-inspired interface that has broad implications in energy catalysis and smart molecular devices. An HBM contains multiple modular components that include an underlying inorganic surface with a biological layer appended on top. The inorganic interface serves as a support with robust mechanical properties that can also be decorated with functional moieties, sensing units and catalytic active sites. The biological layer contains lipids and membrane-bound entities that facilitate or alter the activity and selectivity of the embedded functional motifs. With their structural complexity and functional flexibility, HBMs have been demonstrated to enhance catalytic turnover frequency and regulate product selectivity of the O2 and CO2 reduction reactions, which have applications in fuel cells and electrolysers. HBMs can also steer the mechanistic pathways of proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactions of quinones and metal complexes by tuning electron and proton delivery rates. Beyond energy catalysis, HBMs have been equipped with enzyme mimics and membrane-bound redox agents to recapitulate natural energy transport chains. With channels and carriers incorporated, HBM sensors can quantify transmembrane events. This Review serves to summarize the major accomplishments achieved using HBMs in the past decade.
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Why Do Tethered-Bilayer Lipid Membranes Suit for Functional Membrane Protein Reincorporation? APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11114876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Membrane proteins (MPs) are essential for cellular functions. Understanding the functions of MPs is crucial as they constitute an important class of drug targets. However, MPs are a challenging class of biomolecules to analyze because they cannot be studied outside their native environment. Their structure, function and activity are highly dependent on the local lipid environment, and these properties are compromised when the protein does not reside in the cell membrane. Mammalian cell membranes are complex and composed of different lipid species. Model membranes have been developed to provide an adequate environment to envisage MP reconstitution. Among them, tethered-Bilayer Lipid Membranes (tBLMs) appear as the best model because they allow the lipid bilayer to be decoupled from the support. Thus, they provide a sufficient aqueous space to envisage the proper accommodation of large extra-membranous domains of MPs, extending outside. Additionally, as the bilayer remains attached to tethers covalently fixed to the solid support, they can be investigated by a wide variety of surface-sensitive analytical techniques. This review provides an overview of the different approaches developed over the last two decades to achieve sophisticated tBLMs, with a more and more complex lipid composition and adapted for functional MP reconstitution.
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Transmembrane proteins involved in metabolic redox reactions and photosynthesis catalyse a plethora of key energy-conversion processes and are thus of great interest for bioelectrocatalysis-based applications. The development of membrane protein modified electrodes has made it possible to efficiently exchange electrons between proteins and electrodes, allowing mechanistic studies and potentially applications in biofuels generation and energy conversion. Here, we summarise the most common electrode modification and their characterisation techniques for membrane proteins involved in biofuels conversion and semi-artificial photosynthesis. We discuss the challenges of applications of membrane protein modified electrodes for bioelectrocatalysis and comment on emerging methods and future directions, including recent advances in membrane protein reconstitution strategies and the development of microbial electrosynthesis and whole-cell semi-artificial photosynthesis.
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Melin F, Hellwig P. Redox Properties of the Membrane Proteins from the Respiratory Chain. Chem Rev 2020; 120:10244-10297. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Frederic Melin
- Chimie de la Matière Complexe UMR 7140, Laboratoire de Bioelectrochimie et Spectroscopie, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg, France
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- Chimie de la Matière Complexe UMR 7140, Laboratoire de Bioelectrochimie et Spectroscopie, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blaise Pascal, 67070 Strasbourg, France
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Zhu X, Aoyama E, Birk AV, Onasanya O, Carr WH, Mourokh L, Minteer SD, Vittadello M. Cytochrome c oxidase oxygen reduction reaction induced by cytochrome c on nickel-coordination surfaces based on graphene oxide in suspension. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2020; 1861:148262. [PMID: 32673675 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The electrochemical and spectroscopic investigation of bacterial electron-transfer proteins stabilized on solid state electrodes has provided an effective approach for functional respiratory enzyme studies. METHODS We assess the biocompatibility of carboxylated graphene oxide (CGO) functionalized with Nickel nitrilotriacetic groups (CGO-NiNTA) ccordinating His-tagged cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. RESULTS Kinetic studies employing UV-visible absorption spectroscopy confirmed that the immobilized CcO oxidized horse-heart cytochrome c (Cyt c) albeit at a slower rate than isolated CcO. The oxygen reduction reaction as catalyzed by immobilized CcO could be clearly distinguished from that arising from CGO-NiNTA in the presence of Cyt c and dithiothreitol (DTT) as a sacrificial reducing agent. Our findings indicate that while the protein content is about 3.7‰ by mass with respect to the support, the contribution to the oxygen consumption activity averaged at 56.3%. CONCLUSIONS The CGO-based support stabilizes the free enzyme which, while capable of Cyt c oxidation, is unable to carry out oxygen consumption in solution on its own under our conditions. The turnover rate for the immobilized CcO was as high as 240 O2 molecules per second per CcO unit. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE In vitro investigations of electron flow on isolated components of bacterial electron-transfer enzymes immobilized on the surface of CGO in suspension are expected to shed new light on microbial bioenergetic functions, that could ultimately contribute toward the improvement of performance in living organisms.
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- Xiaoping Zhu
- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA; Department of Biology, York College of CUNY, Jamaica, NY 11451, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
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- Department of Biology, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
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- Department of Physics, Queens College of CUNY, Queens, NY 11367, USA; The Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA; The Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Electrochemical Biosensors Based on Membrane-Bound Enzymes in Biomimetic Configurations. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20123393. [PMID: 32560121 PMCID: PMC7349357 DOI: 10.3390/s20123393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In nature, many enzymes are attached or inserted into the cell membrane, having hydrophobic subunits or lipid chains for this purpose. Their reconstitution on electrodes maintaining their natural structural characteristics allows for optimizing their electrocatalytic properties and stability. Different biomimetic strategies have been developed for modifying electrodes surfaces to accommodate membrane-bound enzymes, including the formation of self-assembled monolayers of hydrophobic compounds, lipid bilayers, or liposomes deposition. An overview of the different strategies used for the formation of biomimetic membranes, the reconstitution of membrane enzymes on electrodes, and their applications as biosensors is presented.
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de Miguel Catalina A, Forbrig E, Kozuch J, Nehls C, Paulowski L, Gutsmann T, Hildebrandt P, Mroginski MA. The C-Terminal VPRTES Tail of LL-37 Influences the Mode of Attachment to a Lipid Bilayer and Antimicrobial Activity. Biochemistry 2019; 58:2447-2462. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
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- Division of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, Californa 94305, United States
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- Biophysics Department, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum, Borstel 23845, Germany
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- Biophysics Department, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum, Borstel 23845, Germany
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- Biophysics Department, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum, Borstel 23845, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 10623, Germany
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Weber DK, Bader T, Larsen EK, Wang S, Gopinath T, Distefano M, Veglia G. Cysteine-ethylation of tissue-extracted membrane proteins as a tool to detect conformational states by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Methods Enzymol 2019; 621:281-304. [PMID: 31128784 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Solid-state NMR (ssNMR) is an ideal tool to study structure and dynamics of membrane proteins in their native lipid environment. In principle, ssNMR has no size limitations. However, this feature is rarely exploited as large membrane proteins display severe resonance overlap. In addition, dismal yields from recombinant bacterial expression systems limit severely spectroscopic characterization of membrane proteins. For very large mammalian membrane proteins, extraction from the original organism remains the most viable approach. In this case, NMR-observable nuclei must be introduced post-translationally, but the approaches developed so far are rather scarce. Here, we detail the synthesis and engineering of a reactive 13C-ethylmethanethiosulfonate (13C-EMTS) reagent for the post-translational alkylation of cysteine sidechains of a 110kDa sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) extracted from rabbit skeletal muscle tissue. When reconstituted into liposomes, it is possible to resolve the resonances of the engineered ethyl groups by magic-angle spinning (MAS) 2D [13C,13C]-DARR experiments. Notably, the ethyl-group modification does not perturb the function of SERCA, yielding well-resolved 13C-13C fingerprints that are used to image its structural states in the catalytic cycle and filtering out overwhelming naturally-abundant 13C nuclei signals arising from the enzyme and lipids. We anticipate that this approach will be used together with 19F NMR to monitor conformational transitions of enzymes and proteins that are difficult to express recombinantly.
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- Daniel K Weber
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States; Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
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Gutiérrez-Sanz O, Forbrig E, Batista AP, Pereira MM, Salewski J, Mroginski MA, Götz R, De Lacey AL, Kozuch J, Zebger I. Catalytic Activity and Proton Translocation of Reconstituted Respiratory Complex I Monitored by Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:5703-5711. [PMID: 29553272 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b04057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Respiratory complex I (CpI) is a key player in the way organisms obtain energy, being an energy transducer, which couples nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH)/quinone oxidoreduction with proton translocation by a mechanism that remains elusive so far. In this work, we monitored the function of CpI in a biomimetic, supported lipid membrane system assembled on a 4-aminothiophenol (4-ATP) self-assembled monolayer by surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy. 4-ATP serves not only as a linker molecule to a nanostructured gold surface but also as pH sensor, as indicated by concomitant density functional theory calculations. In this way, we were able to monitor NADH/quinone oxidoreduction-induced transmembrane proton translocation via the protonation state of 4-ATP, depending on the net orientation of CpI molecules induced by two complementary approaches. An associated change of the amide I/amide II band intensity ratio indicates conformational modifications upon catalysis which may involve movements of transmembrane helices or other secondary structural elements, as suggested in the literature [ Di Luca , Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. , 2017 , 114 , E6314 - E6321 ].
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- Oscar Gutiérrez-Sanz
- Instituto de Catalisis y Petroleoquimica , CSIC c/ Marie Curie 2 , 28049 Madrid , Spain
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- Institut für Chemie, PC 14 , Technische Universität Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 135 , D-10623 Berlin , Germany
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-António Xavier , Universidade Nova de Lisboa , Av. da Republica EAN , 2780-157 Oeiras , Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-António Xavier , Universidade Nova de Lisboa , Av. da Republica EAN , 2780-157 Oeiras , Portugal
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- Institut für Chemie, PC 14 , Technische Universität Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 135 , D-10623 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, PC 14 , Technische Universität Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 135 , D-10623 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, PC 14 , Technische Universität Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 135 , D-10623 Berlin , Germany
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- Instituto de Catalisis y Petroleoquimica , CSIC c/ Marie Curie 2 , 28049 Madrid , Spain
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- Institut für Chemie, PC 14 , Technische Universität Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 135 , D-10623 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, PC 14 , Technische Universität Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 135 , D-10623 Berlin , Germany
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Forbrig E, Staffa JK, Salewski J, Mroginski MA, Hildebrandt P, Kozuch J. Monitoring the Orientational Changes of Alamethicin during Incorporation into Bilayer Lipid Membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:2373-2385. [PMID: 29353482 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b04265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are the first line of defense after contact of an infectious invader, for example, bacterium or virus, with a host and an integral part of the innate immune system of humans. Their broad spectrum of biological functions ranges from cell membrane disruption over facilitation of chemotaxis to interaction with membrane-bound or intracellular receptors, thus providing novel strategies to overcome bacterial resistances. Especially, the clarification of the mechanisms and dynamics of AMP incorporation into bacterial membranes is of high interest, and different mechanistic models are still under discussion. In this work, we studied the incorporation of the peptaibol alamethicin (ALM) into tethered bilayer lipid membranes on electrodes in combination with surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) spectroscopy. This approach allows monitoring the spontaneous and potential-induced ion channel formation of ALM in situ. The complex incorporation kinetics revealed a multistep mechanism that points to peptide-peptide interactions prior to penetrating the membrane and adopting the transmembrane configuration. On the basis of the anisotropy of the backbone amide I and II infrared absorptions determined by density functional theory calculations, we employed a mathematical model to evaluate ALM reorientations monitored by SEIRA spectroscopy. Accordingly, ALM was found to adopt inclination angles of ca. 69°-78° and 21° in its interfacially adsorbed and transmembrane incorporated states, respectively. These orientations can be stabilized efficiently by the dipolar interaction with lipid head groups or by the application of a potential gradient. The presented potential-controlled mechanistic study suggests an N-terminal integration of ALM into membranes as monomers or parallel oligomers to form ion channels composed of parallel-oriented helices, whereas antiparallel oligomers are barred from intrusion.
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- Enrico Forbrig
- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie , Sekr. PC14, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie , Sekr. PC14, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie , Sekr. PC14, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie , Sekr. PC14, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie , Sekr. PC14, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie , Sekr. PC14, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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Laftsoglou T, Jeuken LJC. Supramolecular electrode assemblies for bioelectrochemistry. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:3801-3809. [PMID: 28317998 PMCID: PMC5436043 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc01154g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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For more than three decades, the field of bioelectrochemistry has provided novel insights into the catalytic mechanisms of enzymes, the principles that govern biological electron transfer, and has elucidated the basic principles for bioelectrocatalytic systems. Progress in biochemistry, bionanotechnology, and our ever increasing ability to control the chemistry and structure of electrode surfaces has enabled the study of ever more complex systems with bioelectrochemistry. This feature article highlights developments over the last decade, where supramolecular approaches have been employed to develop electrode assemblies that increase enzyme loading on the electrode or create more biocompatible environments for membrane enzymes. Two approaches are particularly highlighted: the use of layer-by-layer assembly, and the modification of electrodes with planar lipid membranes.
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- Theodoros Laftsoglou
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK.
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK.
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Silin V, Kasianowicz JJ, Michelman-Ribeiro A, Panchal RG, Bavari S, Robertson JWF. Biochip for the Detection of Bacillus anthracis Lethal Factor and Therapeutic Agents against Anthrax Toxins. MEMBRANES 2016; 6:E36. [PMID: 27348008 PMCID: PMC5041027 DOI: 10.3390/membranes6030036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Tethered lipid bilayer membranes (tBLMs) have been used in many applications, including biosensing and membrane protein structure studies. This report describes a biosensor for anthrax toxins that was fabricated through the self-assembly of a tBLM with B. anthracis protective antigen ion channels that are both the recognition element and electrochemical transducer. We characterize the sensor and its properties with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and surface plasmon resonance. The sensor shows a sensitivity similar to ELISA and can also be used to rapidly screen for molecules that bind to the toxins and potentially inhibit their lethal effects.
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- Vitalii Silin
- Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8120, USA.
- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8120, USA.
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, MD 20899, USA.
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- Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8120, USA.
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- Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8120, USA.
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- US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702-5011, USA.
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- US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702-5011, USA.
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- Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8120, USA.
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Zieleniecki JL, Nagarajan Y, Waters S, Rongala J, Thompson V, Hrmova M, Köper I. Cell-Free Synthesis of a Functional Membrane Transporter into a Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membrane. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:2445-2449. [PMID: 26910192 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Eukaryotic cell-free synthesis was used to incorporate the large and complex multispan plant membrane transporter Bot1 in a functional form into a tethered bilayer lipid membrane. The electrical properties of the protein-functionalized tethered bilayer were measured using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and revealed a pH-dependent transport of borate ions through the protein. The efficacy of the protein synthesis has been evaluated using immunoblot analysis.
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- Julius L Zieleniecki
- Flinders Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University , Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics School of Agriculture, Food, and Wine, University of Adelaide , Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics School of Agriculture, Food, and Wine, University of Adelaide , Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics School of Agriculture, Food, and Wine, University of Adelaide , Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- Flinders Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University , Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics School of Agriculture, Food, and Wine, University of Adelaide , Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- Flinders Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University , Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia
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Naumann RLC, Geiss AF, Steininger C, Knoll W. Biomimetic Membranes for Multi-Redox Center Proteins. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:330. [PMID: 26950120 PMCID: PMC4813192 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17030330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2015] [Revised: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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His-tag technology was applied for biosensing purposes involving multi-redox center proteins (MRPs). An overview is presented on various surfaces ranging from flat to spherical and modified with linker molecules with nitrile-tri-acetic acid (NTA) terminal groups to bind his-tagged proteins in a strict orientation. The bound proteins are submitted to in situ dialysis in the presence of lipid micelles to form a so-called protein-tethered bilayer lipid membrane (ptBLM). MRPs, such as the cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) from R. sphaeroides and P. denitrificans, as well as photosynthetic reactions centers (RCs) from R. sphaeroides, were thus investigated. Electrochemical and surface-sensitive optical techniques, such as surface plasmon resonance, surface plasmon-enhanced fluorescence, surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS) and surface-enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopy (SERRS), were employed in the case of the ptBLM structure on flat surfaces. Spherical particles ranging from µm size agarose gel beads to nm size nanoparticles modified in a similar fashion were called proteo-lipobeads (PLBs). The particles were investigated by laser-scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy (LSM) and UV/Vis spectroscopy. Electron and proton transfer through the proteins were demonstrated to take place, which was strongly affected by the membrane potential. MRPs can thus be used for biosensing purposes under quasi-physiological conditions.
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- Renate L C Naumann
- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AIT, Donau-City-Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria.
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- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AIT, Donau-City-Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria.
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- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AIT, Donau-City-Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria.
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- Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AIT, Donau-City-Str. 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria.
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Wiebalck S, Kozuch J, Forbrig E, Tzschucke CC, Jeuken LJC, Hildebrandt P. Monitoring the Transmembrane Proton Gradient Generated by Cytochrome bo3 in Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes Using SEIRA Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:2249-56. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b01435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Swantje Wiebalck
- Institut
für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut
für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des
17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut
für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des
17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut
für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr. 3, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, and School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Institut
für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des
17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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Protein Electrochemistry: Questions and Answers. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 158:1-41. [DOI: 10.1007/10_2015_5016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Vatsyayan P. Recent Advances in the Study of Electrochemistry of Redox Proteins. TRENDS IN BIOELECTROANALYSIS 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/11663_2015_5001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Gutiérrez-Sanz Ó, Tapia C, Marques MC, Zacarias S, Vélez M, Pereira IAC, De Lacey AL. Induction of a Proton Gradient across a Gold-Supported Biomimetic Membrane by Electroenzymatic H2Oxidation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:2684-7. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201411182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Gutiérrez-Sanz Ó, Tapia C, Marques MC, Zacarias S, Vélez M, Pereira IAC, De Lacey AL. Induction of a Proton Gradient across a Gold-Supported Biomimetic Membrane by Electroenzymatic H2Oxidation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201411182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Gutiérrez-Sanz O, Olea D, Pita M, Batista AP, Alonso A, Pereira MM, Vélez M, De Lacey AL. Reconstitution of respiratory complex I on a biomimetic membrane supported on gold electrodes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:9007-9015. [PMID: 24988043 DOI: 10.1021/la501825r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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For the first time, respiratory complex I has been reconstituted on an electrode preserving its structure and activity. Respiratory complex I is a membrane-bound enzyme that has an essential function in cellular energy production. It couples NADH:quinone oxidoreduction to translocation of ions across the cellular (in prokaryotes) or mitochondrial membranes. Therefore, complex I contributes to the establishment and maintenance of the transmembrane difference of electrochemical potential required for adenosine triphosphate synthesis, transport, and motility. Our new strategy has been applied for reconstituting the bacterial complex I from Rhodothermus marinus onto a biomimetic membrane supported on gold electrodes modified with a thiol self-assembled monolayer (SAM). Atomic force microscopy and faradaic impedance measurements give evidence of the biomimetic construction, whereas electrochemical measurements show its functionality. Both electron transfer and proton translocation by respiratory complex I were monitored, simulating in vivo conditions.
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- Oscar Gutiérrez-Sanz
- Instituto de Catalisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, c/Marie Curie 2, L10, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Robertson JWF, Kasianowicz JJ, Banerjee S. Analytical Approaches for Studying Transporters, Channels and Porins. Chem Rev 2012; 112:6227-49. [DOI: 10.1021/cr300317z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Joseph W. F. Robertson
- Physical Measurement Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
20899, United States
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- Physical Measurement Laboratory,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
20899, United States
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- National
Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20824, United States
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Kozuch J, Steinem C, Hildebrandt P, Millo D. Combined Electrochemistry and Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of Gramicidin A Incorporated into Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:8114-7. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Kozuch J, Steinem C, Hildebrandt P, Millo D. Kombinierte elektrochemische und oberflächenverstärkte IR-absorptionsspektroskopische Untersuchung von Gramicidin A in trägerfixierten Lipiddoppelschichtmembranen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201203214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Yu CC, Kuo YY, Liang CF, Chien WT, Wu HT, Chang TC, Jan FD, Lin CC. Site-Specific Immobilization of Enzymes on Magnetic Nanoparticles and Their Use in Organic Synthesis. Bioconjug Chem 2012; 23:714-24. [DOI: 10.1021/bc200396r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ching-Ching Yu
- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Rd. Hsinchu, 30013,
Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Rd. Hsinchu, 30013,
Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Rd. Hsinchu, 30013,
Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Rd. Hsinchu, 30013,
Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Rd. Hsinchu, 30013,
Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Rd. Hsinchu, 30013,
Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Rd. Hsinchu, 30013,
Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Rd. Hsinchu, 30013,
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Gutiérrez-Sánchez C, Olea D, Marques M, Fernández VM, Pereira IAC, Vélez M, De Lacey AL. Oriented immobilization of a membrane-bound hydrogenase onto an electrode for direct electron transfer. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:6449-6457. [PMID: 21491850 DOI: 10.1021/la200141t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The interaction of redox enzymes with electrodes is of great interest for studying the catalytic mechanisms of redox enzymes and for bioelectronic applications. Efficient electron transport between the biocatalysts and the electrodes has achieved more success with soluble enzymes than with membrane enzymes because of the higher structural complexity and instability of the latter proteins. In this work, we report a strategy for immobilizing a membrane-bound enzyme onto gold electrodes with a controlled orientation in its fully active conformation. The immobilized redox enzyme is the Ni-Fe-Se hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough, which catalyzes H(2)-oxidation reversibly and is associated with the cytoplasmic membrane by a lipidic tail. Gold surfaces modified with this enzyme and phospholipids have been studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and electrochemical methods. The combined study indicates that by a two-step immobilization procedure the hydrogenase can be inserted via its lipidic tail onto a phospholipidic bilayer formed over the gold surface, allowing only mediated electron transfer between the enzyme and electrode. However, a one-step immobilization procedure favors the formation of a hydrogenase monolayer over the gold surface with its lipidic tail inserted into a phospholipid bilayer formed on top of the hydrogenase molecules. This latter method has allowed for the first time efficient electron transfer between a membrane-bound enzyme in its native conformation and an electrode.
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Gates AJ, Kemp GL, To CY, Mann J, Marritt SJ, Mayes AG, Richardson DJ, Butt JN. The relationship between redox enzyme activity and electrochemical potential—cellular and mechanistic implications from protein film electrochemistry. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:7720-31. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02887h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dai Y, Zheng Y, Swain GM, Proshlyakov DA. Equilibrium and kinetic behavior of Fe(CN)6(3-/4-) and cytochrome c in direct electrochemistry using a film electrode thin-layer transmission cell. Anal Chem 2010; 83:542-8. [PMID: 21166441 DOI: 10.1021/ac102113v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We report on the design and performance of a thin-layer electrochemical cell optimized for use with optically transparent film electrodes in combination with UV/vis and IR transmission spectroscopic measurements. The cell allows for measurements under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The direct, unmediated electron transfer, as assessed by the current transient, and the corresponding optical response observed for the Fe(CN)(6)(3-/4-) couple were in good agreement with theoretical predictions for voltammetry and optical absorption by an analyte confined in a thin layer. Chronoamperometric and spectroscopic measurements of Fe(CN)(6)(3-/4-) on gold mesh electrode revealed fast kinetics strongly influenced by the electrolyte concentration. Maximal apparent rates exceeding 2 s(-1) in 1 M KCl were observed optically. The direct kinetic and thermodynamic behavior of cytochrome c was compared with several electrode materials using the cell. The results showed heme ligand-dependent changes in the protein-electrode interactions. Mid-UV/visible spectral changes upon redox transitions in native cytochrome c and its cyanide derivative, as well as dissociation of the ferrous cytochrome c-CN complex, are reported.
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- Yingrui Dai
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1322, USA
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Weiss SA, Bushby RJ, Evans SD, Jeuken LJC. A study of cytochrome bo3 in a tethered bilayer lipid membrane. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2010; 1797:1917-23. [PMID: 20096262 PMCID: PMC3827738 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2009] [Revised: 12/20/2009] [Accepted: 01/12/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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An assay has been developed in which the activity of an ubiquinol oxidase from Escherichia coli, cytochrome bo(3) (cbo(3)), is determined as a function of the hydrophobic substrate ubiquinol-10 (UQ-10) in tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs). UQ-10 was added in situ, while the enzyme activity and the UQ-10 concentration in the membrane have been determined by cyclic voltammetry. Cbo(3) is inhibited by UQ-10 at concentrations above 5-10 pmol/cm(2), while product inhibition is absent. Cyclic voltammetry has also been used to characterise the effects of three inhibitors; cyanide, inhibiting oxygen reduction; 2-n-Heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide (HQNO), inhibiting the quinone oxidation and Zn(II), thought to block the proton channels required for oxygen reduction and proton pumping activity. The electrochemical behaviour of cbo(3) inhibited with HQNO and Zn(II) is almost identical, suggesting that Zn(II) ions inhibit the enzyme reduction by quinol, rather than oxygen reduction. This suggests that at Zn(II) concentration below 50µM the proton release of cbo(3) is inhibited, but not the proton uptake required to reduce oxygen to water.
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- Sophie A. Weiss
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Centre for Self Organising Molecular Systems, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Centre for Self Organising Molecular Systems, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
- Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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