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ArticleAnalytical chemistry2016

Synchrotron-Based Infrared Microanalysis of Biological Redox Processes under Electrochemical Control.

Philip A Ash, Holly A Reeve, Jonathan Quinson, Ricardo Hidalgo, Tianze Zhu, Ian J McPherson, Min-Wen Chung, Adam J Healy, Simantini Nayak, Thomas H Lonsdale and 5 more

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Article in Analytical chemistry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Lessons, connections, hypotheses and predictions from protein film electrochemistry.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2026
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15 authors.

Philip A AshInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
Holly A ReeveInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
Jonathan QuinsonInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
Ricardo HidalgoInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
Tianze ZhuInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
Ian J McPhersonInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
Min-Wen ChungInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
Adam J HealyInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
Simantini NayakInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
Thomas H LonsdaleInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
Katia WehbeDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
Chris S KelleyDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
Mark D FrogleyDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
Gianfelice CinqueDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
Kylie A VincentInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L009722/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe a method for addressing redox enzymes adsorbed on a carbon electrode using synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy combined with protein film electrochemistry. Redox enzymes have high turnover frequencies, typically 10-1000 s(-1), and therefore, fast experimental triggers are needed in order to study subturnover kinetics and identify the involvement of transient species important to their catalytic mechanism. In an electrochemical experiment, this equates to the use of microelectrodes to lower the electrochemical cell constant and enable changes in potential to be applied very rapidly. We use a biological cofactor, flavin mononucleotide, to demonstrate the power of synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy relative to conventional infrared methods and show that vibrational spectra with good signal-to-noise ratios can be collected for adsorbed species with low surface coverages on microelectrodes with a geometric area of 25 × 25 μm(2). We then demonstrate the applicability of synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy to adsorbed proteins by reporting potential-induced changes in the flavin mononucleotide active site of a flavoenzyme. The method we describe will allow time-resolved spectroscopic studies of chemical and structural changes at redox sites within a variety of proteins under precise electrochemical control.

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Electrochemical TechniquesSpectrophotometry, InfraredBiocatalysisCatalytic DomainElectrodesEnzymes, ImmobilizedFlavin MononucleotideOxidation-ReductionQuinone ReductasesSootSynchrotronsEnzymes, ImmobilizedFlavin MononucleotideQuinone ReductasesSoot

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PMID27269716
PMCPMC4935962

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