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BIOPOLYMERS
卷 87, 期 1, 页码 68-73出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bip.20789
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cytochrome c; electron transfer; intrinsic; mechanisms; self-assembled monolayers; bioelectrochemical nanodevices; mimicking protein-protein interactions; cyclic voltammetry
We report on the effects of self-assembled monolayer (SAM) dilution and thickness on the electron transfer (ET) event for cytochrome c (CytC) electrostatically immobilized on carboxyl terminated groups. We observed biphasic kinetic behavior for a logarithmic dependence of the rate constant on the SAM carbon number (ET distance) within the series of mixed SAMs of C5COOH/ C2OH, C10COOH/C6OH, and C15COOH/C11OH that is in overall similar to that found earlier for the undiluted SAM assemblies. However, in the case Of C15COOH/ C11OH and C10COOH/C6OH mixed SAMs a notable increase of the ET standard rate constant was observed, in comparison with the corresponding unicomponent (omega-COOH) SAMs. In the case of the C5COOH/C2OH composite SAM a decrease of the rate constant versus the unicomponent analogue was observed. The value of the reorganization free energy deduced through the Marcus-like data analysis did not change throughout the series; this fact along with the other observations indicates uncomplicated rate-determining unimolecular ET in all cases. Our results are consistent with a model that considers a changeover between the alternate, tunneling and adiabatic intrinsic ET mechanisms. The physical mechanism behind the observed fine kinetic effects in terms of the protein-rigidifying omega-COOH/CytC interactions arising in the case of mixed SAMs are also discussed. (c) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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