title: High electrocatalytic activity of tethered multicopper oxidase-carbon nanotube conjugates.
abstract: Multicopper oxidases linked to multiwall carbon nanotubes via the molecular tethering reagent, 1-pyrenebutanoic acid, succinimidyl ester, displayed high bioelectrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Applied Biochemistry, Air Force Research Laboratory, Tyndall Air Force Base, FL 32403, USA.
authors.forename: Ramaraja P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Ramasamy
authors.forename: Heather R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Luckarift
authors.forename: Dmitri M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ivnitski
authors.forename: Plamen B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Atanassov
authors.forename: Glenn R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources; D002384:Catalysis; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D004579:Electron Transport; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011721:Pyrenes; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C024748:copper oxidase; D010100:Oxygen