Fast, long-range electron-transfer reactions of a "blue" copper protein coupled non-covalently to an electrode through a stilbenyl thiolate monolayer

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Feb 7:(3):316-7. doi: 10.1039/b312936e. Epub 2004 Jan 7.

Abstract

A self-assembled monolayer (SAM), formed by the insitu saponification of a stilbenyl thioacetate on a gold electrode, yields fast electron transfer (ET)(the exchange rate at zero driving force exceeds 1600 s-1) with adsorbed molecules of the blue copper protein, azurin, over a distance exceeding 15 angstroms .

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Azurin / chemistry
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Electrochemistry
  • Electrodes
  • Electron Transport
  • Molecular Structure
  • Stilbenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Stilbenes
  • mauC protein, Methylobacterium extorquens
  • stilbenyl thiolate
  • Azurin