Control of bioelectrocatalytic transformations on DNA scaffolds

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Jul 1;131(25):8724-5. doi: 10.1021/ja900718m.

Abstract

The spatial organization of biomolecules on a DNA scaffold linked to an electrode leads to programmed biocatalytic transformations. This is exemplified by the electrical contacting of glucose oxidase (GOx) linked to the DNA scaffold with the electrode. A nucleic acid functionalized with a ferrocene relay unit was hybridized with the DNA scaffold at a position adjacent to the electrode, and GOx functionalized with nucleic acid units complementary to the specific domain of the DNA template was hybridized with the DNA scaffold in a position remote from the electrode. Under these conditions, ferrocene-mediated oxidation of the redox center of GOx occurred, and the effective bioelectrocatalytic oxidation of glucose was activated. Exchange of the position of GOx and the electron-mediator groups prohibited the bioelectrocatalytic oxidation of glucose. In another system, a nucleic acid-functionalized microperoxidase-11 (MP-11) and the nucleic acid-modified GOx were hybridized with the adjacent and remote sites, respectively, on the DNA scaffold associated with the electrode. In this configuration, effective MP-11-catalyzed reduction of H(2)O(2) generated by the GOx-catalyzed oxidation of glucose occurred, and the resulting bioelectrocatalytic cathodic currents were controlled by the concentration of glucose. Exchanging the positions of MP-11 and GOx on the DNA scaffold eliminated the MP-11-electrocatalyzed reduction of H(2)O(2).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biocatalysis
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • DNA / metabolism*
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Electrodes
  • Enzymes, Immobilized / chemistry
  • Enzymes, Immobilized / metabolism
  • Ferrous Compounds / chemistry*
  • Glucose / metabolism
  • Glucose Oxidase / chemistry*
  • Glucose Oxidase / metabolism*
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / metabolism
  • Metallocenes
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Nucleic Acids / chemistry
  • Nucleic Acids / metabolism
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Peroxidases / chemistry
  • Peroxidases / metabolism

Substances

  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Ferrous Compounds
  • Metallocenes
  • Nucleic Acids
  • DNA
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Glucose Oxidase
  • Peroxidases
  • microperoxidase
  • Glucose
  • ferrocene