10.1007/s11175-008-3012-3

Abstract

Using 1-ethyl-2-methylimidazolium trifluoroacetate (EMImTfa) as the supporting electrolyte, a couple of well-defined and reversible redox peaks of Myb could be observed at the basal plane graphite (BPG) electrode through direct electron transfer between the protein and the BPG electrode, whose anodic and cathodic peak potentials were at −0.098 V and −0.144 V vs. Ag | AgCl, respectively. Both anodic and cathodic peak currents increased linearly with the potential scan rates. Compared with the supporting electrolyte of phosphate buffer solution, EMImTfa played an important role for the direct electron transfer between Myb and the BPG electrode. Further investigation suggested that Myb was adsorbed tightly on the surface of the BPG electrode in the presence of EMImTfa to form a stable, approximate monolayer Myb film. Myb adsorbed on the BPG electrode surface could retain its biological activity and showed a remarkable electrocatalytic activity for the reduction of H2O2 in an EMImTfa aqueous solution. Based on these, a third-generation biosensor could be constructed to directly detect the concentration of H2O2 in EMImTfa aqueous solution with a limit of detection of 3.24 × 10−8 M.