Resazurin as an electron acceptor in glucose oxidase-catalyzed oxidation of glucose.

The behavior of resazurin (1) as an electron acceptor in glucose oxidase (GOD)-catalyzed oxidation of glucose under anaerobic conditions is described. When a mixture of 1, glucose, and GOD in phosphate buffer (pH 7.4, 0.1 M) was incubated at 25 degrees C, the resulting solution turned purple to fluorescent pink due to the deoxygenated product, resorufin (2). On incubation of 1 with GOD alone or with H2O2 under essentially the same conditions, no color change was seen, indicating that generation of 2 in the enzymatic reaction is brought about through reduction of 1 by the reduced form (GODred) of GOD, which was also supported by the voltammetric behavior of 1. However, it was found that the enzymatic transformation of 1 to 2 is of no practical use as an indicator reaction for glucose determination using only GOD due to a slow reaction of 1 with GODred. Based on a ping-pong type mechanism with a steady-state approximation, KM and kcat for 1 as an electron acceptor from GODred were estimated to be 15+/-1.3 microM and (5.0+/-0.5) x 10(-2) s(-1), respectively.

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