Direct Bioelectrocatalysis of PQQ-Dependent Glucose Dehydrogenase

• Published in: Electroanalysis (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 19; no. 15; pp. 1562 - 1568
• Main Authors: Ivnitski, Dmitri, Atanassov, Plamen, Apblett, Christopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01.08.2007; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: Carbon nanotubes; Direct electron transfer; Glucose; PQQ-dependent glucose dehydrogenase
• ISSN: 1040-0397; 1521-4109
• DOI: 10.1002/elan.200703899

The direct bioelectrocatalysis was demonstrated for pyrroloquinoline quinone‐dependent glucose dehydrogenase (PQQ‐dependent GDH) covalently attached to single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The homogeneous ink‐like SWNT suspension was used for both creating the SWNT network on the microelectrode carbon surface and for enzyme immobilization. Functionalization of the SWNT surface by forming active ester groups was found to considerably enhance SWNT solubility in water with a range from 0.1 to 1.0 mg/mL. The PQQ‐dependent GDH immobilized on the surface of the SWNTs exhibited fast heterogeneous electron transfer with a rate constant of 3.6 s−1. Moreover, the immobilized PQQ‐dependent GDH retained its enzymatic activity for glucose oxidation. A fusion of PQQ‐dependent GDH with SWNTs has a great potential for the development of low‐cost and reagentless glucose sensors and biofuel cells.