title: Interactions of cytochrome c with DNA at glassy carbon surface.
abstract: Cyclic voltammetry (CV) was used to investigate the interactions of Cytochrome c (Cyt c) with deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) at glassy carbon (GC) electrodes. The results indicate that there are strong interactions between Cyt c and DNA. The binding constant (k(A)) and binding free energy (Delta(r)G) of Cyt c with dsDNA are (1.69+/-0.38) x 10(5) L.mol(-1) and -(29.76+/-0.56) kJ.mol(-1), respectively; and those of Cyt c with ssDNA are (3.35+/-0.50) x 10(5) L.mol(-1) and -(31.49+/-0.37) kJ.mol(-1), respectively. The binding sites are achieved to be 3.3 bp per Cyt c molecule with dsDNA and 4.0 nucleotides (ssDNA) binding one Cyt c molecule. This experiment affords a valid method for investigating the interactions between DNA and proteins by electrochemical techniques.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics of Ministry of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, HuBei 430074, PR China.
authors.forename: Yan-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.forename: Zhen-Li
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yuan-Di
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D045304:Cytochromes c / Q000737:chemistry*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry*; D006736:Horses; D009206:Myocardium
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon; D045304:Cytochromes c; D004247:DNA