Directed evolution of cytochrome c for carbon–silicon bond formation: Bringing silicon to life

SBJ Kan, RD Lewis, K Chen, FH Arnold - Science, 2016 - science.org
Enzymes that catalyze carbon–silicon bond formation are unknown in nature, despite the
natural abundance of both elements. Such enzymes would expand the catalytic repertoire of …

The enthalpic and entropic terms of the reduction potential of metalloproteins: Determinants and interplay

G Di Rocco, G Battistuzzi, M Borsari… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Splitting the reduction potential of electron transport (ET) proteins and redox
metalloenzymes into the enthalpic and entropic contributions is an insightful practice to …

Semisynthetic and biomolecular hydrogen evolution catalysts

B Kandemir, S Chakraborty, Y Guo, KL Bren - Inorganic chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
There has been great interest in the development of stable, inexpensive, efficient catalysts
capable of reducing aqueous protons to hydrogen (H2), an alternative to fossil fuels. While …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of a novel cytochrome cGJ as the electron acceptor of XoxF-MDH in the thermoacidophilic methanotroph Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum …

W Versantvoort, A Pol, LJ Daumann… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
Methanotrophs play a prominent role in the global carbon cycle, by oxidizing the potent
greenhouse gas methane to CO 2. Methane is first converted into methanol by methane …

Determining Redox Potentials of the Iron–Sulfur Clusters of the AdoMet Radical Enzyme Superfamily

SJ Maiocco, LM Walker, SJ Elliott - Methods in Enzymology, 2018 - Elsevier
While protein film electrochemistry (PFE) has proven to be an effective tool in the
interrogation of redox cofactors and assessing the electrocatalytic activity of many different …

Maximizing (Electro)catalytic CO2 Reduction with a Ferredoxin-Based Reduction Potential Gradient

B Li, P Steindel, N Haddad, SJ Elliott - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Tuning the electron-transfer (ET) steps in redox reactions has proven to be an effective
strategy to modulate enzyme catalysis. Here, we use 2-oxoacid: ferredoxin oxidoreductase …

Study on potential microbial community to the waste water treatment from bauxite desilication process

Q Huo, R Li, C Chen, C Wang, T Long, X Liu - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Discharging waste water from the bauxite desilication process will bring potential
environmental risk from the residual ions and organic compounds, especially hydrolyzed …

Crystal structure of dihydro-heme d1 dehydrogenase NirN from Pseudomonas aeruginosa reveals amino acid residues essential for catalysis

T Klünemann, A Preuß, J Adamczack, LFM Rosa… - Journal of molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Many bacteria can switch from oxygen to nitrogen oxides, such as nitrate or nitrite, as
terminal electron acceptors in their respiratory chain. This process is called “denitrification” …

Functionally Distinct Bacterial Cytochrome c Peroxidases Proceed through a Common (Electro)catalytic Intermediate

KE Frato, KA Walsh, SJ Elliott - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
The diheme cytochrome c peroxidase from Shewanella oneidensis (So CcP) requires a
single electron reduction to convert the oxidized, as-isolated enzyme to an active …

Kinetics of Oxygen Reduction by a Beta Barrel Heme Protein on Hyrid Bioelectrodes

Z Nazemi, P Prasad, S Chakraborty - ChemElectroChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient catalysts are required to activate O2 at low overpotentials with improved reaction
kinetics. The kinetics of electrocatalytic oxygen reduction by a β‐barrel, the nitrobindin heme …