Barton Jacqueline K, Bartels Phillip L, Deng Yingxin, O'Brien Elizabeth
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States.
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States.
Methods Enzymol. 2017;591:355-414. doi: 10.1016/bs.mie.2017.03.024. Epub 2017 May 10.
A DNA electrochemistry platform has been developed to probe proteins bound to DNA electrically. Here gold electrodes are modified with thiol-modified DNA, and DNA charge transport chemistry is used to probe DNA binding and enzymatic reaction both with redox-silent and redox-active proteins. For redox-active proteins, the electrochemistry permits the determination of redox potentials in the DNA-bound form, where comparisons to DNA-free potentials can be made using graphite electrodes without DNA modification. Importantly, electrochemistry on the DNA-modified electrodes facilitates reaction under aqueous, physiological conditions with a sensitive electrical measurement of binding and activity.
一种用于电探测与DNA结合的蛋白质的DNA电化学平台已被开发出来。在此,金电极用硫醇修饰的DNA进行修饰,并且DNA电荷传输化学被用于探测与氧化还原沉默和氧化还原活性蛋白质的DNA结合及酶促反应。对于氧化还原活性蛋白质,电化学能够测定其以DNA结合形式存在时的氧化还原电位,在此可使用未修饰DNA的石墨电极将其与游离DNA的电位进行比较。重要的是,在DNA修饰电极上进行的电化学操作有利于在水性生理条件下进行反应,并能对结合和活性进行灵敏的电学测量。