Biotechnology Letters, Vol.31, No.5, 765-770, 2009
Entrapment of cytochrome P450 BM-3 in polypyrrole for electrochemically-driven biocatalysis
In vitro biocatalysis with cytochrome P450 BM-3 was investigated aiming for the substitution of the expensive natural cofactor NADPH by electrochemistry. The monooxygenase was immobilized on electrodes by entrapment in polypyrrole as a conductive polymer for electrochemically wiring the enzyme. Electropolymerization of pyrrole proved to be a useful means of immobilising an active cytochrome P450 BM-3 mutein on platinum and glassy carbon electrodes without denaturation. Repeatedly sweeping the electric potential between -600 and +600 mV versus Ag/AgCl led to enzymatically-catalysed product formation while in the absence of the enzyme no product formed under otherwise identical conditions.
Keywords:Cofactor substitution;Conductive polymer;Cytochrome P450;Electrochemically driven biocatalysis;Immobilisation;P450 monooxygenase