title: Catalytic and inhibitory kinetic behavior of horseradish peroxidase on the electrode surface.
abstract: Enzymatic biosensors are often used to detect trace levels of some specific substance. An alternative methodology is applied for enzymatic assays, in which the electrocatalytic kinetic behavior of enzymes is monitored by measuring the faradaic current for a variety of substrate and inhibitor concentrations. Here we examine a steady-state and pre-steady-state reduction of H(2)O(2) on the horseradish peroxidase electrode. The results indicate the substrate-concentration dependence of the steady-state current strictly obeys Michaelis-Menten kinetics rules; in other cases there is ambiguity, whereby he inhibitor-concentration dependence of the steady-state current has a discontinuity under moderate concentration conditions. For pre-steady-state phases, both catalysis and inhibition show an abrupt change of the output current. These anomalous phenomena are universal and there might be an underlying biochemical or electrochemical rationale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China. jthuang@nankai.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jitao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Titi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D002384:Catalysis; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques; D004566:Electrodes; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized / Q000378:metabolism*; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase