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Vacek J, Zatloukalová M, Dorčák V, Cifra M, Futera Z, Ostatná V. Electrochemistry in sensing of molecular interactions of proteins and their behavior in an electric field. Mikrochim Acta 2023; 190:442. [PMID: 37847341 PMCID: PMC10582152 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-023-05999-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Electrochemical methods can be used not only for the sensitive analysis of proteins but also for deeper research into their structure, transport functions (transfer of electrons and protons), and sensing their interactions with soft and solid surfaces. Last but not least, electrochemical tools are useful for investigating the effect of an electric field on protein structure, the direct application of electrochemical methods for controlling protein function, or the micromanipulation of supramolecular protein structures. There are many experimental arrangements (modalities), from the classic configuration that works with an electrochemical cell to miniaturized electrochemical sensors and microchip platforms. The support of computational chemistry methods which appropriately complement the interpretation framework of experimental results is also important. This text describes recent directions in electrochemical methods for the determination of proteins and briefly summarizes available methodologies for the selective labeling of proteins using redox-active probes. Attention is also paid to the theoretical aspects of electron transport and the effect of an external electric field on the structure of selected proteins. Instead of providing a comprehensive overview, we aim to highlight areas of interest that have not been summarized recently, but, at the same time, represent current trends in the field.
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- Jan Vacek
- Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Hnevotinska 3, 77515, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Hnevotinska 3, 77515, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Hnevotinska 3, 77515, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Chaberska 1014/57, 18200, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 1760, 37005, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Kralovopolska 135, 61200, Brno, Czech Republic
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Havran L, Vacek J, Dorčák V. Free and Bound Histidine in Reactions at Mercury Electrode. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Černocká H, Římánková L, Ostatná V. Fetuin and asialofetuin at charged surfaces: Influence of sialic acid presence. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Melníková E, Galicová T, Gál M, Ostatná V. Chronopotentiometric Analysis of Single Histones and Histone Octamer at Charged Surfaces. ChemElectroChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202100817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Eva Melníková
- Department of Inorganic Technology Slovak University of Technology Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology Radlinského 9 812 37 Bratislava Slovakia
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Královopolská 135 61265 Brno Czech Republic
- Department of Biochemistry Faculty of Science Masaryk University Kotlářská 2 61137 Brno Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Technology Slovak University of Technology Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology Radlinského 9 812 37 Bratislava Slovakia
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Královopolská 135 61265 Brno Czech Republic
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AGR2-AGR3 hetero-oligomeric complexes: Identification and characterization. Bioelectrochemistry 2021; 140:107808. [PMID: 33848875 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2021.107808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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In this paper we compare electrochemical behavior of two homolog proteins, namely anterior gradient 2 (AGR2) and anterior gradient 3 (AGR3), playing an important role in cancer cell biology. The slight variation in their protein structures has an impact on protein adsorption and orientation at charged surface and also enables AGR2 and AGR3 to form heterocomplexes. We confirm interaction between AGR2 and AGR3 (i) in vitro by immunochemical and constant current chronopotentiometric stripping (CPS) analysis and (ii) in vivo by bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) assay. Mutation of AGR2 in dimerization domain (E60A) prevents development of wild type AGR2 dimers and also negatively affects interaction with wild type AGR3 as shown by CPS analysis. Beside new information about AGR2 and AGR3 protein including their joint interaction, our work introduces possible applications of CPS in bioanalysis of protein complexes, including those relatively unstable, but important in the cancer research.
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Dorčák V, Černocká H, Paleček E. Bovine Serum Albumin Catalysed Hydrogen and Deuterium Evolution at Mercury Electrodes. Chempluschem 2020; 85:1596-1601. [PMID: 33210475 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), catalysed by proteins at mercury electrodes and reflected in chronopotentiometric stripping peak H, provides a label-free and reagentless analytical technique that is sensitive to protein structure. Here we show how the kinetic isotope effect affected the HER catalysed by the protein bovine serum albumin (BSA). We found that the deuteron bond, which is stronger than that of a proton, contributed to less effective transport of deuterons mediated by BSA at the Hg|D2 O interface, and enhanced structural stability of the surface-attached native BSA in D2 O solution. A structural transition was also observed in the surface-attached urea-denatured BSA, and is probably due to the destabilisation of some secondary structural remnants retained by the 17 SS-bonds. Because the catalytically active groups involved in proton or deuteron transfer in native proteins are often exposed towards solutions and their protons exchange almost instantly, no signs of H/D exchange were observed in native BSA using peak H under the given conditions.
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- Vlastimil Dorčák
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry and Molecular Oncology, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Kralovopolska 135, 612 65, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry and Molecular Oncology, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Kralovopolska 135, 612 65, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry and Molecular Oncology, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Kralovopolska 135, 612 65, Brno, Czech Republic
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Izadi N, Černocká H, Trefulka M, Ostatná V. Influence of Protein Modification and Glycosylation in the Catalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction of Avidin and Neutravidin: An Electrochemical Analysis. Chempluschem 2020; 85:1347-1353. [PMID: 32578950 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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To investigate glycans' influence on the behavior of glycoproteins on charged surfaces, avidin and its nonglycosylated and neutralized version neutravidin were studied by label-free chronopotentiometric stripping (CPS) analysis and alternating current voltammetry combined with a mercury electrode. Despite neutravidin's and avidin's similar size and structure, their CPS responses differed due to the different amounts of catalytically active free amino groups of lysine and arginine residues. Acetylation of the proteins resulted in the suppression of their CPS responses by almost four times for avidin and by about 50 % for neutravidin, respectively. On the other hand, the presence of glycans in the acetylated avidin induced about 30 % higher chronopotentiometric response compared to the acetylated neutravidin. We suggest that the presence, size and composition of the glycans influenced the CPS signal due to differences in the orientation at a charged surface. The obtained results can be utilized in glycoprotein research.
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- Nasim Izadi
- Institute of Biophysics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 61265, Brno, Czech Republic.,Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 61137, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 61265, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 61265, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 61265, Brno, Czech Republic
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Ostatná V, West RM. Effects of ex situ chronopotentiometric analysis on stability of bovine serum albumin on mercury electrodes. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.113884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Melníková E, Izadi N, Gál M, Ostatná V. Chronopotentiometric Analysis of Proteins at Charged Electrode Surfaces. ELECTROANAL 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201900239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Eva Melníková
- Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Food TechnologyDepartment of Inorganic Technology Radlinského 9 812 37 Bratislava Slovakia
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Královopolská 135 61265 Brno Czech Republic
- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of ScienceMasaryk University Kotlářská 2 61137 Brno Czech Republic
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- Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Food TechnologyDepartment of Inorganic Technology Radlinského 9 812 37 Bratislava Slovakia
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Královopolská 135 61265 Brno Czech Republic
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Ostatná V, Hasoň S, Kasalová V, Ďurech M, Hrstka R. Anterior gradient-3 protein-antibody interaction at charged interfaces. Label-free chronopotentiometric sensing. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.12.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ostatná V, Kasalová V, Kmeťová K, Šedo O. Changes of electrocatalytic response of bovine serum albumin after its methylation and acetylation. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Ostatná V, Kasalová V, Sommerová L, Hrstka R. Electrochemical sensing of interaction of anterior gradient-2 protein with peptides at a charged interface. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.02.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Paleček E, Heyrovský M, Dorčák V. J. Heyrovský's Oscillographic Polarography. Roots of Present Chronopotentiometric Analysis of Biomacromolecules. ELECTROANAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201800109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Emil Paleček
- Institute of Biophysics of the CAS; Královopolská 135 612 65 Brno Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS; Dolejškova 2155/3 182 23 Prague 8 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics of the CAS; Královopolská 135 612 65 Brno Czech Republic
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Kasalová V, Hrstka R, Hernychová L, Coufalová D, Ostatná V. Chronopotentiometric sensing of anterior gradient 2 protein. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.04.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ostatná V, Kasalová-Vargová V, Kékedy-Nagy L, Černocká H, Ferapontova EE. Chronopotentiometric sensing of specific interactions between lysozyme and the DNA aptamer. Bioelectrochemistry 2016; 114:42-47. [PMID: 28063413 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2016.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2016] [Revised: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Specific DNA-protein interactions are vital for cellular life maintenance processes, such as transcriptional regulation, chromosome maintenance, replication and DNA repair, and their monitoring gives valuable information on molecular-level organization of those processes. Here, we propose a new method of label-free electrochemical sensing of sequence specific binding between the lysozyme protein and a single stranded DNA aptamer specific for lysozyme (DNAapta) that exploits the constant current chronopotentiometric stripping (CPS) analysis at modified mercury electrodes. Specific lysozyme-DNAapta binding was distinguished from nonspecific lysozyme-DNA interactions at thioglycolic acid-modified mercury electrodes, but not at the dithiothreitol-modified or bare mercury electrodes. Stability of the surface-attached lysozyme-DNAapta layer depended on the stripping current (Istr) intensity, suggesting that the integrity of the layer critically depends on the time of its exposure to negative potentials. Stabilities of different lysozyme-DNA complexes at the negatively polarized electrode surface were tested, and it was shown that structural transitions of the specific lysozyme-DNAapta complexes occur in the Istr ranges different from those observed for assemblies of lysozyme with DNA sequences capable of only nonspecific lysozyme-DNA interactions. Thus, the CPS allows distinct discrimination between specific and non-specific protein-DNA binding and provides valuable information on stability of the nucleic acid-protein interactions at the polarized interfaces.
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- Veronika Ostatná
- Institute of Biophysics, The Czech Academy of Science, v.v.i., Královopolská 135, 61265 Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Biophysics, The Czech Academy of Science, v.v.i., Královopolská 135, 61265 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Center for DNA Nanotechnology (CDNA), Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK 8000 Aarhus-C, Denmark
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- Institute of Biophysics, The Czech Academy of Science, v.v.i., Královopolská 135, 61265 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Center for DNA Nanotechnology (CDNA), Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK 8000 Aarhus-C, Denmark
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Dorčák V, Kabeláč M, Kroutil O, Bednářová K, Vacek J. Electrocatalytic monitoring of peptidic proton-wires. Analyst 2016; 141:4554-7. [PMID: 27353221 DOI: 10.1039/c6an00869k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The transfer of protons or proton donor/acceptor abilities is an important phenomenon in many biomolecular systems. One example is the recently proposed peptidic proton-wires (H-wires), but the ability of these His-containing peptides to transfer protons has only been studied at the theoretical level so far. Here, for the first time the proton transfer ability of peptidic H-wires is examined experimentally in an adsorbed state using an approach based on a label-free electrocatalytic reaction. The experimental findings are complemented by theoretical calculations at the ab initio level in a vacuum and in an implicit solvent. Experimental and theoretical results indicated Ala3(His-Ala2)6 to be a high proton-affinity peptidic H-wire model. The methodology presented here could be used for the further investigation of the proton-exchange chemistry of other biologically or technologically important macromolecules.
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- V Dorčák
- Institute of Biophysics of the CAS, v.v.i., Kralovopolska 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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Vargová V, Giménez RE, Černocká H, Trujillo DC, Tulli F, Zanini VIP, Paleček E, Borsarelli CD, Ostatná V. Label-free electrochemical detection of singlet oxygen protein damage. Electrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Fast-scan cyclic voltammetry with thiol-modified mercury electrodes distinguishes native from denatured BSA. Electrochem commun 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2015.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Černocká H, Ostatná V, Paleček E. Protein structural transition at negatively charged electrode surfaces. Effects of temperature and current density. Electrochim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Paleček E, Tkáč J, Bartošík M, Bertók T, Ostatná V, Paleček J. Electrochemistry of nonconjugated proteins and glycoproteins. Toward sensors for biomedicine and glycomics. Chem Rev 2015; 115:2045-108. [PMID: 25659975 PMCID: PMC4360380 DOI: 10.1021/cr500279h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Emil Paleček
- Institute
of Biophysics Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Královopolská
135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 38 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Regional
Centre for Applied Molecular Oncology, Masaryk
Memorial Cancer Institute, Žlutý kopec 7, 656 53 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 38 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute
of Biophysics Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Královopolská
135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central
European Institute of Technology, Masaryk
University, Kamenice
5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Dorčák V, Vargová V, Ostatná V, Paleček E. Lysine, Arginine, and Histidine Residues in Peptide-Catalyzed Hydrogen Evolution at Mercury Electrodes. ELECTROANAL 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201400644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Bowater RP, Cobb AM, Pivonkova H, Havran L, Fojta M. Biophysical and electrochemical studies of protein–nucleic acid interactions. MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00706-014-1405-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Paleček E, Římánková L. Chitosan catalyzes hydrogen evolution at mercury electrodes. Electrochem commun 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2014.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Večerková R, Hernychová L, Dobeš P, Vrba J, Josypčuk B, Bartošík M, Vacek J. Investigation of protein FTT1103 electroactivity using carbon and mercury electrodes. Surface-inhibition approach for disulfide oxidoreductases using silver amalgam powder. Anal Chim Acta 2014; 830:23-31. [PMID: 24856508 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.04.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2014] [Revised: 04/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Recently, it was shown that electrochemical methods can be used for analysis of poorly water-soluble proteins and for study of their structural changes and intermolecular (protein-ligand) interactions. In this study, we focused on complex electrochemical investigation of recombinant protein FTT1103, a disulfide oxidoreductase with structural similarity to well described DsbA proteins. This thioredoxin-like periplasmic lipoprotein plays an important role in virulence of bacteria Francisella tularensis. For electrochemical analyses, adsorptive transfer (ex situ) square-wave voltammetry with pyrolytic graphite electrode, and alternating-current voltammetry and constant-current chronopotentiometric stripping analysis with mercury electrodes, including silver solid amalgam electrode (AgSAE) were used. AgSAE was used in poorly water-soluble protein analysis for the first time. In addition to basic redox, electrocatalytic and adsorption/desorption characterization of FTT1103, electrochemical methods were also used for sensitive determination of the protein at nanomolar level and study of its interaction with surface of AgSA microparticles. Proposed electrochemical protocol and AgSA surface-inhibition approach presented here could be used in future for biochemical studies focused on proteins associated with membranes as well as on those with disulfide oxidoreductase activity.
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- Renata Večerková
- Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University, Hnevotinska 3, Olomouc 775 15, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre for Applied Molecular Oncology, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Zluty kopec 7, Brno 656 53, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre for Applied Molecular Oncology, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Zluty kopec 7, Brno 656 53, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University, Hnevotinska 3, Olomouc 775 15, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of AS CR, v.v.i., Department of Biomimetic Electrochemistry, Dolejskova 3, Prague 182 23, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre for Applied Molecular Oncology, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Zluty kopec 7, Brno 656 53, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University, Hnevotinska 3, Olomouc 775 15, Czech Republic.
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Paleček E, Černocká H, Ostatná V, Navrátilová L, Brázdová M. Electrochemical sensing of tumor suppressor protein p53–deoxyribonucleic acid complex stability at an electrified interface. Anal Chim Acta 2014; 828:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Revised: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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