Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (6): 1061-1065.

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QCM and EC-SPR Studies of Cytochrome cSelf-assembled on Au Electrode and Enhancement of SPR Signal by Au Nanoparticles

WANG Yan-yan, JIANG Yan-xia, ZHOU You-chen, LI Yan-yan, MA Zhi-fang, SUN Shi-gang   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
  • Received:2012-02-16 Revised:2012-03-28 Online:2012-11-25 Published:2012-11-09
  • Contact: JIANG Yan-xia E-mail:yxjiang@xmu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.20833005, 20873116, 60936003 and 21021002) and the Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Superamolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University, China(No.200910).

Abstract:

Quartz crystal microbalance(QCM) and cyclic voltammetry(CV) were used to characterize the monolayer of cytochrome c(Cyt c), which was adsorbed on gold film modified with alkanethiol mixed monolayer. A direct comparison of protein surface coverages calculated from QCM and cyclic voltammetric measurements illustrates that the ratio of the electroactive Cyt c to the total surface-confined Cyt cis 34%, which suggests that the orientation is a main factor affecting the electroactivity of Cyt c. Moreover, surface plasmon resonance(SPR) measurement combined with CV “in situ” was used to investigate the conformational change of Cyt c in the redox process. Besides, Au nanoparticles(Au NPs) were adsorbed on the surface of Cyt c. The result indicates that Au NPs promote electron transfer between Cyt c and the gold electrode, and SPR result suggests Au NPs enhance SPR signal.

Key words: Cytochrome c, Gold film, Self-assembly, Electrochemical-surface plasmon resonance(EC-SPR)