ABSTRACT
The use of electrochemical methods to study protein and enzyme electron transfer reaction kinetics, thermodynamics, and mechanisms directly with electrodes is becoming a mature field. Twenty years ago such studies were rarely conducted outside of laboratories with substantial experience in electrochemistry. Now scientists in diverse fields have taken up cyclic voltammetry, square wave voltammetry, and other electrochemical methods to study biological systems. Clearly much has been learned about how to conduct reliable electrochemical experiments on complex biological samples using direct electron transfer at electrodes. Progress in this field was slow, and some background is provided to put the current state of this field in context.
