Measuring reduction potential of an enzyme?

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Isam Eldin Hussein Elgailani

Please look at the following below links which may help you in your analysis:

https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/112/47/14506.full.pdf

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31072483/

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/cr0680742

Thanks

Duried Alwazeer

Did you think to use ORP electrode for this purpose. it is a cheap and easy way that we use commonly in microbiology and food research to determine the oxidoreduction potential of the medium.