Luminol-hydrogen peroxide chemiluminescence produced by sweet potato peroxidase. |
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Authors: | Inna S Alpeeva Ivan Yu Sakharov |
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Institution: | Chemical Enzymology Department, Faculty of Chemistry, The M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia. |
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Abstract: | Anionic sweet potato peroxidase (SPP; Ipomoea batatas) was shown to efficiently catalyse luminol oxidation by hydrogen peroxide, forming a long-term chemiluminescence (CL) signal. Like other anionic plant peroxidases, SPP is able to catalyse this enzymatic reaction efficiently in the absence of any enhancer. Maximum intensity produced in SPP-catalysed oxidation of luminol was detected at pH 7.8-7.9 to be lower than that characteristic of other peroxidases (8.4-8.6). Varying the concentrations of luminol, hydrogen peroxide and Tris buffer in the reaction medium, we determined favourable conditions for SPP catalysis (100 mmol/L Tris-HCl buffer, pH 7.8, containing 5 mmol/L hydrogen peroxide and 8 mmol/L luminol). The SPP detection limit in luminol oxidation was 1.0 x 10(-14) mol/L. High sensitivity in combination with the long-term CL signal and high stability is indicative of good promise for the application of SPP in CL enzyme immunoassay. |
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Keywords: | peroxidase sweet potato chemiluminescence luminol hydrogen peroxide |
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