Title
Bioelectrochemistry of cytochrome c in a closed bipolar electrochemical cell
Date Issued
01 December 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of Limerick
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Inc.
Abstract
The reversible oxidation and reduction of Cytochrome c (Cyt c) is demonstrated with a closed bipolar electrochemical cell (CBPEC). Herein, a 4-electrode configuration was studied with the opposite poles of the bipolar electrode resting in separate aqueous and organic electrolyte solutions, respectively. Using biocompatible indium tin oxide (ITO) slides as the bipolar electrode poles, we investigated the influence of the redox potential of the reductant (decamethyferrocene or dimethylferrocene) in an α,α,α-trifluorotoluene organic phase on the observed voltammetry. Reversible electron transfer was only observed between Cyt c and decamethylferrocene. Use of the weaker dimethylferrocene as the reductant required a larger external bias of the driving electrodes to initiate the electron transfer reaction between the two poles of the bipolar electrode. Consequently, the surface of the ITO slide at the aqueous pole experienced a significant negative cathodic potential and underwent irreversible reduction. The biphasic setup using the 4-electrode CBPEC provides insights into electron transfer processes at an interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES), highlighting the strong probability of observing interfacial electron transfer between decamethylferrocene (but not dimethylferrocene) and Cyt c within the short ~1 V polarisable potential window available at an ITIES.
Volume
109
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias socio biomédicas (planificación familiar, salud sexual, efectos políticos y sociales de la investigación biomédica)
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Electroquímica
Subjects
Publication version
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Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85074632973
Source
Electrochemistry Communications
ISSN of the container
1388-2481
Sponsor(s)
This publication has emanated from research by M. D. S. supported by the European Research Council through a Starting Grant (agreement no. 716792) and in part by a research grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) (grant number 13/SIRG/2137 ). A. G.-Q. acknowledges funding received from an Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (grant number GOIPD/2018/252 ). G. H. is grateful to the French Programme Investissement d’Avenir (PIA) “Lorraine Université d’Excellence” (Reference No. ANR - 15-IDEX-04-LUE ). for the partial financial support of this work. The authors are grateful to the support of the Irish Research Council and Campus France for travel support between the French and Irish groups through their joint ULYSSES programme. Appendix A
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