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The prepared materials were characterized using transmission electron microscope (TEM), fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra, and circular dichroism (CD) techniques. Meanwhile, the electrochemical properties were studied by linear sweep voltammetric (LSV), electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS), and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). According to the experiments, under the optimum conditions, the linear fitting equation was I (\u03bcA) = \u221217.31 + 78.97c (R2 = 0.9948). The linear range was from 0.0001 to 0.1 mg\/mL and the detection limit (LOD, S\/N = 3) was 21.52 ng\/mL. The interference studies were also performed for checking the sensors\u2019 selectivity to actin. With better properties of the chitosan-Zn NPs, the modified electrode is considered as a better candidate than Western blot or immunohistochemical method for real-time usability. 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