| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1428647 | Materials Science and Engineering: C | 2014 | 6 Pages |
•PheDH has been stably immobilized on GCE modified by polytaurine (PT) matrix.•A sensitive PT/PheDH/glutaraldehyde/GCE was developed for the detection of Pha.•The detection limit of the PT/PheDH/GA/GCE toward Pha was 9 nM.
A strategy of phenylalanine-dehydrogenase (PheDH) entrapment within the polytaurine matrix is demonstrated to probe the direct electrochemistry of phenylalanine (Pha). It was found that PheDH has been stably immobilized on glassy carbon electrode modified by polytaurine based on simple technique. Cyclic voltammetric study indicated that the oxidation process is irreversible and diffusion controlled. The number of exchanged electrons in the electro-oxidation process was obtained, and the data indicated that Pha is oxidized via one-electron steps. The results revealed that Pha promotes the rate of oxidation by increasing the peak current. The diffusion coefficient and electron-transfer coefficient of Pha were found to be 0.2 × 10− 6 cm2 s− 1 and 0.467, respectively. A sensitive, simple and time-saving differential-pulse voltammetric procedure was developed for the analysis of Pha. The results show that by using the proposed method, Pha can be determined with a detection limit of 9 nM.
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