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. 2014 Nov 14;4:7057. doi: 10.1038/srep07057

Table 1. Summary of the results from the electrochemical analysis. All potentials reported were measured against the Ag/AgCl electrode.

  PySSCou Cys DTT GSH Hcy
Eox [V] −0.590 −0.869 0.360 −0.565 −0.589
Ered [V] −1.010 −1.080 −3.690 −1.050 −1.030
Eo1/2 [V] −0.805 −0.975 −1.665 −0.808 −0.810
EoCell [a] [V] 0 0.170 0.860 0.003 0.005
ΔGo [b] [J/mol] 0 −2900 −15000 −51 −87

a) Difference between the standard reduction potentials (Eo1/2) of PySSCou and respective thiol compounds. b) Estimated Gibbs free energy based on ΔGo = -nFEocell, where n is the number of electrons involved (2 electrons for disulfide exchange reaction) and F is Faraday's constant.