Highly sensitive nitrite biosensor based on the electrical wiring of nitrite reductase by [ZnCr-AQS] LDH

H. Chen, C. Mousty, S. Cosnier, C. Silveira, J. J.G. Moura, M. G. Almeida

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Abstract

A biosensor for amperometric determination of nitrite was developed using cytochrome c nitrite reductase (ccNiR) from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans immobilized and electrically connected on a glassy carbon electrode by entrapment into redox active [ZnCr-AQS] layered double hydroxide containing anthraquinone-2-sulfonate (AQS). The transduction step corresponded to the electro-enzymatic reduction of nitrite by immobilized AQS molecules at -0.6 V. The biosensor showed a fast response to nitrite (5 s) with a linear range between 0.015 and 2.35 μM, a sensitivity of 1.8 A M-1 cm-2 and a detection limit of 4 nM. The apparent Michaelis-Menten constant (KMapp) was 7.5 μM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2240-2245
Number of pages6
JournalElectrochemistry Communications
Volume9
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2007

Keywords

  • Anthraquinone sulfonate
  • Biosensor
  • Layered double hydroxides
  • Nitrite
  • Nitrite reductase

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