Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

Proximity does not contribute to activity enhancement in the glucose oxidase–horseradish peroxidase cascade

  • Yifei Zhang,
  • Stanislav Tsitkov,
  • Henry Hess

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13982
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The activity enhancement of the glucose oxide and horseradish peroxidase enzymatic cascade on DNA scaffolds has been linked to proximity effects. Here, the authors challenge this view and suggest that the activity improvement is rather due to the pH near the DNA surface.