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Original Articles

Comparison of two glutathione S-transferases used in capacitive biosensors for detection of heavy metals

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Pages 745-754 | Received 05 Oct 2006, Accepted 18 Apr 2007, Published online: 18 Nov 2010
 

Abstract

This work describes the development of a heavy-metal biosensor based on either recombinant 6His-Tag glutathione S-transferase (GST-(His)6) or glutathione S-transferase Theta 2-2 (GST-theta 2-2), and a capacitive transducer. The dynamic range of the pure bovine liver GST-Theta 2-2 biosensor was 1 fM to 1 mM for Zn2+, and 10 pM to 1 mM for Cd2+. The GST-(His)6 biosensor was able to detect Zn2+ and Cd2+ in the range of 1 fM to 10 µM, and Hg2+ in the range of 1 fM to 10 mM. The bovine liver GST Theta 2-2 biosensor displays an increased selectivity and a wider dynamic range for Zn2+ compared with the GST-(His)6 biosensor. Therefore, by using different GST isozymes, it is possible to modulate important characteristics of capacitive biosensors for the detection of heavy metals.

Acknowledgements

The authors give thanks to the following organizations for financial support: (SPO) T.R. Primary Ministry State Planning Organization, project no. DPT-05-09; (BAP) Middle East Technical University, Human Resources Development in Education Programme, project no. BAP-08-11-DPT2002K120510. Also, thanks to Dr Belgin İşgör, Department of Materials Engineering, Atılım University, Ankara, Turkey, for supplying the purified bovine liver GST-Theta 2-2.

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