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| Title: | Zeptomole-detecting biosensor for alkaline phosphatase in an electrochemical immunoassay for 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
| Creators Name: | Bauer, C.G., Eremenko, A.V., Ehrentreich-Foerster, E., Bier, F.F., Makower, A., Halsall, H.B., Heineman, W.R. and Scheller, F.W. |
| Abstract: | A bienzyme substrate-recycling biosensor in a flow injection analysis system is described for the sensitive measurement of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and applied to the fast readout of a competitive immunoassay for the widely used pesticide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). The phenol-indicating biosensor consists of a Clark-type electrode covered by a membrane with coentrapped tyrosinase and quinoprotein glucose dehydrogenase. ALP dephosphorylates phenyl phosphate to phenol (K(m) = 36 microM) outside the flow system. Phenol is oxidized in the sensor membrane by the oxygen-consuming tyrosinase via catechol to o-quinone. The quinone is reconverted to catechol by glucose dehydrogenase. This substrate cycling results in a 350-fold amplified sensor response to phenol. The oxygen consumption of the enzyme couple in the presence of phenol is monitored as a decrease in current. A total of 3.2 fM ALP (320 zmol/ 100 microL) has been detected after a 57.5 min incubation with phenyl phosphate. All involved reagents are stable over the time of measurement. The sensor does not produce any measurable blank signals. The immunoassay detects 0.1 microgram/L 2,4-D, the maximum concentration for pesticides allowed in drinking water by European Community regulations. The applicability of this biosensor for fast immunoassay readout is demonstrated by a 2 min incubation. By comparison, a standard photometric method (p-nitrophenyl phosphate) requires overnight incubation. |
| Keywords: | 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, Alkaline Phosphatase, Biosensing Techniques, Calibration, Electrochemistry, Herbicides, Immunoassay |
| Source: | Analytical Chemistry |
| ISSN: | 0003-2700 |
| Volume: | 68 |
| Number: | 15 |
| Page Range: | 2453-2458 |
| Date: | 1 August 1996 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1021/ac960218x |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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