Promotion of Direct Electron Transfer to Cytochrome c by Functionalized Thiophene-based Conducting Polymers
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Título: | Promotion of Direct Electron Transfer to Cytochrome c by Functionalized Thiophene-based Conducting Polymers |
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Autor/es: | Sáenz-Espinar, María J. | Quintero-Jaime, Andrés Felipe | Gamero-Quijano, Alonso | Montilla, Francisco | Huerta Arráez, Francisco |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Electrocatálisis y Electroquímica de Polímeros |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Química Física | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Materiales |
Palabras clave: | Conducting polymer | Cytochrome c | Direct electrochemistry | Flipping | PEDOT | Redox protein |
Fecha de publicación: | 13-nov-2023 |
Editor: | Wiley-VCH GmbH |
Cita bibliográfica: | ChemElectroChem. 2024, 11(2): e202300429. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300429 |
Resumen: | Controlling direct electron transfer (DET) to redox proteins is of great interest for fundamental studies on biochemical processes and the development of biotechnological devices, such as biosensors or enzymatic fuel cells. Cytochrome c is a classical model protein for studying DET reactions that plays a key role in the onset of cellular apoptosis and the mitochondrial respiratory chain. In this contribution, we explored DET between cyt c and conducting polymers bearing the chemical structure of thiophene, specifically PEDOT, and its OH-containing derivative, PHMeEDOT. The combination of electrochemistry and in situ FTIR spectroscopy allowed us to gain more insight into the inner mechanism of DET at physiological pH. Hydrophilic interactions favour the correct orientation of the heme crevice of cytochrome c towards the polymer surface. When a positive charge is injected into the conducting polymer, the increasing electrostatic repulsion between protein and surface induces the desorption of lysine residues near the heme group and stimulates protein flipping. This effect was more pronounced at PEDOT- than PHMeEDOT-modified electrodes since the latter shows stronger interactions with lysine residues, partially hindering protein rotation at moderate potential. The potential-induced reorientation process was similar on both polymer surfaces, only at high positive potentials. |
Patrocinador/es: | Financial support by Spanish Ministry of Science (projects TED2021-129894B-I00 and PDC2021-120884-I00), Generalitat Valenciana (projects GVA-THINKINAZUL/2021/015, MFA/2022/058 and CIPROM/2021/62) and European Union (NextGenerationEU PRTR-C17.I1) is gratefully acknowledged. A.G.-Q. acknowledges funding received from his Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (Grant Number MSCA-IF-EF-ST 2020/101018277). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/138541 |
ISSN: | 2196-0216 |
DOI: | 10.1002/celc.202300429 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2023 The Authors. ChemElectroChem published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300429 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - GEPE - Artículos de Revistas Investigaciones financiadas por la UE |
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