title: Electrochemical catalysis and thermal stability characterization of laccase-carbon nanotubes-ionic liquid nanocomposite modified graphite electrode.
abstract: The hydrophobic carbon nanotubes-ionic liquid (CNTs-IL) gel forms a stable modified film on hydrophobic graphite electrode surface. Laccase immobilized on the CNTs-IL gel film modified electrode shows good thermal stability and enhanced electrochemical catalytic ability. The optimal bioactivity occurs with increasing temperature and this optimum is 20 degrees C higher in comparison to free laccase. The improvement of laccase thermal stability may be due to the microenvironment of hydrophobic CNTs-IL gel on graphite electrode surface. On the other hand, the sensitive detection of oxygen has been achieved due to the feasibility of oxygen reduction by both of laccase and nanocomposite of CNTs-IL gel. Furthermore, the laccase hybrid nanocomposite also shows the fast electrochemical response and high sensitivity to the inhibitors of halide ions with the approximate IC50 of 0.01, 4.2 and 87.5 mM for the fluoride, chloride and bromide ions, respectively. It implies the feasibility of laccase modified electrode as an inhibition biosensor to detect the modulators of laccase.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
authors: Ying
authors: Y
authors: Liu
authors: Lijian
authors: L
authors: Huang
authors: Shaojun
authors: S
authors: Dong
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002384:Catalysis; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized / Q000737:chemistry; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry; D042845:Laccase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008839:Microelectrodes; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D006108:Graphite; D042845:Laccase