Journal
ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 1894-1900Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b02442
Keywords
laccase; carbon nanotubes; dioxygen reduction; electrocatalysis; biofuel cells
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- platform Chimie NanoBio ICMG FR [2607]
- LabEx ARCANE [ANR-11-LABX-0003-01]
- ANR Investissements d'avenir-Nano-biotechnologies program [10-IANN-0-02]
- GDR CNRS [3540]
- Centre of Excellence of Multifunctional Architectured Materials CEMAM - Investments for the Future Program [AN-10-LABX-44-01]
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Strategies to maximize direct electron transfer (DET) between redox enzymes and electrodes include the oriented immobilization of enzymes onto an electroactive surface. Here, we present a strategy for achieving a controlled orientation of a fungal laccase on carbon nanotube-based electrodes. A homogeneous population of pyrene-modified laccase is obtained via the reductive amination of a unique surface accessible lysine residue engineered near the T1 copper center of the enzyme. Immobilization of the site-specific functionalized enzyme is achieved either via pi-stacking of pyrene on pristine CNT electrodes or through pyrene/beta-cyclodextrin host guest interactions on beta-cyclodextrin-modified gold nanoparticles (beta-CD-AuNPs). Contrasting with unmodified and nonspecifically modified (pyrene-NHS) laccase-electrodes, an efficient DET is obtained at these nanostructured assemblies. Modeling the direct bioelectrocatalysis of dioxygen reduction reveals a heterogeneity in ET rates on MWCNT electrodes wheras beta-CD-AuNPs act as efficient electronic bridges, lowering ET rate dispersion and achieving a highly efficient reduction of O-2 at low overpotential (approximate to 80 mV) accompanied by high catalytic current densities of almost 3 mA cm(-2).
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