Surface modifiers for the promotion of direct electrochemistry of cytochrome c

Fifty-four bifunctional organic compounds were studied to assess their ability to promote the direct electrochemistry of horse heart cytochrome c at a modified gold electrode. From the results of the survey it was possible to identify those features important for successful promotion of the electrochemical activity. It is suggested that it is necessary to provide groups on the electrode surface which can hydrogen bond or form salt bridges to the positively charged lysine side chain groups around the heme crevice on cytochrome c. The functional groups, Y, may be anionic or weakly basic and can be attached to the electrode using a bifunctional compound X ∼ Y. The group, X, adsorbs or binds to the gold surface through nitrogen, phosphorus, or sulphur. A “pre-activation” step for the adsorption of some surface modifiers has been discovered. The molecular structure of a compound which promotes cytochrome c electrochemistry can be either conformationally rigid or flexible, aromatic or aliphatic, but it should direct Y out from the electrode. The length of the molecule does not appear to affect the rate of electron transfer. The presence of a hydrophobic zone in the structure is neither necessary nor sufficient for successful promotion of cytochrome c electrochemistry.

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