title: Direct electrochemistry and electrocatalysis of heme-protein based on N,N-dimethylformamide film electrode.
abstract: The heme-protein including myoglobin (Mb), hemoglobin (Hb) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) were immobilized on normal graphite electrode by using N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF). The proteins undergo direct electron-transfer reactions. The current is linearly dependent on the scan rate, indicating that the direct electrochemistry of heme-protein in that case is a surface-controlled electrode process. The E degrees s are linearly dependent on solution pH (redox-Bohr effect), indicating that the electron transfer was proton-coupled. Ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) and reflection-absorption infrared (RAIR) spectra suggest that the conformation of proteins in the presence of DMF are little different from that proteins alone the conformation changes reversibly in the range of pH 3.0-10.0. The catalytic activity of proteins were examined by hydrogen peroxide and nitrite.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry & Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, PR China.
authors.forename: Yanxia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaoxia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shengshui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hu