Bioinspired framework catalysts: From enzyme immobilization to biomimetic catalysis

KY Wang, J Zhang, YC Hsu, H Lin, Z Han… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Enzymatic catalysis has fueled considerable interest from chemists due to its high efficiency
and selectivity. However, the structural complexity and vulnerability hamper the application …

Second and outer coordination sphere effects in nitrogenase, hydrogenase, formate dehydrogenase, and CO dehydrogenase

ST Stripp, BR Duffus, V Fourmond, C Léger… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gases like H2, N2, CO2, and CO are increasingly recognized as critical feedstock in “green”
energy conversion and as sources of nitrogen and carbon for the agricultural and chemical …

Microbial oxidation of atmospheric trace gases

C Greening, R Grinter - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
The atmosphere has recently been recognized as a major source of energy sustaining life.
Diverse aerobic bacteria oxidize the three most abundant reduced trace gases in the …

Uniting biological and chemical strategies for selective CO2 reduction

HS Shafaat, JY Yang - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 into useful fuels and chemical feedstocks offers great
promise for conversion to a carbon-neutral economy. However, challenges in product …

Hydrogenase enzymes and their synthetic models: the role of metal hydrides

D Schilter, JM Camara, MT Huynh… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Hydrogenase enzymes efficiently process H2 and protons at organometallic FeFe, NiFe, or
Fe active sites. Synthetic modeling of the many H2ase states has provided insight into …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for bacterial energy extraction from atmospheric hydrogen

R Grinter, A Kropp, H Venugopal, M Senger, J Badley… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Diverse aerobic bacteria use atmospheric H2 as an energy source for growth and survival.
This globally significant process regulates the composition of the atmosphere, enhances soil …

The catalytic cycle of [FeFe] hydrogenase: A tale of two sites

JA Birrell, P Rodriguez-Macia, EJ Reijerse… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ever since the discovery of hydrogenases over 90 years ago (Stephenson and Stickland,
1931), their structure and mechanism of action have been intensively investigated. Of the …

Hydrogen atoms can be located accurately and precisely by x-ray crystallography

M Woińska, S Grabowsky, PM Dominiak, K Woźniak… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Precise and accurate structural information on hydrogen atoms is crucial to the study of
energies of interactions important for crystal engineering, materials science, medicine, and …

Nickel-centred proton reduction catalysis in a model of [NiFe] hydrogenase

D Brazzolotto, M Gennari, N Queyriaux, TR Simmons… - Nature Chemistry, 2016 - nature.com
Hydrogen production through water splitting is one of the most promising solutions for the
storage of renewable energy.[NiFe] hydrogenases are organometallic enzymes containing …

Hydrogenase and nitrogenase: key catalysts in biohydrogen production

J Xuan, L He, W Wen, Y Feng - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrogen with high energy content is considered to be a promising alternative clean energy
source. Biohydrogen production through microbes provides a renewable and immense …