Tackling the challenges of enzymatic (bio) fuel cells

X Xiao, H Xia, R Wu, L Bai, L Yan, E Magner… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The ever-increasing demands for clean and sustainable energy sources combined with
rapid advances in biointegrated portable or implantable electronic devices have stimulated …

Biocatalysis with unnatural amino acids: enzymology meets xenobiology

F Agostini, JS Völler, B Koksch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The goal of xenobiology is to design biological systems endowed with unusual biochemical
functions, whereas enzymology concerns the study of enzymes, the workhorses of …

Methodologies for “wiring” redox proteins/enzymes to electrode surfaces

NDJ Yates, MA Fascione… - Chemistry–A European …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The immobilization of redox proteins or enzymes onto conductive surfaces has application in
the analysis of biological processes, the fabrication of biosensors, and in the development of …

Electron transfer-driven single and multi-enzyme biofuel cells for self-powering and energy bioscience

S Dutta, R Patil, T Dey - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Amongst all the bioelectrochemical system, single enzyme fuel cells have certain unique
features and capability of degrading organics and generate electricity under a low applied …

Expanding the Genetic Code of Bioelectrocatalysis and Biomaterials

Y Chemla, F Kaufman, M Amiram, L Alfonta - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Genetic code expansion is a promising genetic engineering technology that incorporates
noncanonical amino acids into proteins alongside the natural set of 20 amino acids. This …

Chemical approaches for the construction of multi-enzyme reaction systems

S Schoffelen, JCM Van Hest - Current opinion in structural biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Highlights•Bioconjugation chemistry has been applied to generate multi-enzymatic
systems.•The degree of conjugation and control over complex assembly varies per …

Artificial metalloenzyme design with unnatural amino acids and non-native cofactors

Y Yu, C Hu, L Xia, J Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
There are 20 proteinogenic amino acids and a limited number of cofactors naturally
available to build enzymes. Genetic codon expansion enables us to incorporate more than …

Modification of abiotic–biotic interfaces with small molecules and nanomaterials for improved bioelectronics

J Du, C Catania, GC Bazan - Chemistry of Materials, 2014 - ACS Publications
Low efficiency of charge extraction (and conversely charge injection) across biotic–abiotic
interfaces constitutes an obstacle to the integration of biological and electronic systems in …

A novel electrochemical biosensor for bisphenol A detection based on engineered Escherichia coli cells with a surface-display of tyrosinase

S Zhao, T Zhou, A Khan, Z Chen, P Liu, X Li - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrochemical enzyme biosensors based on various modified electrodes have been
developed for bisphenol A detection. However, enzyme activity loss and high cost limit their …

Detection of catechol using an electrochemical biosensor based on engineered Escherichia coli cells that surface-display laccase

Z Zhang, J Liu, J Fan, Z Wang, L Li - Analytica chimica acta, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, we report an electrochemical microbial biosensor that was made by
immobilizing a bacterial laccase on the surface of Escherichia coli cells followed by …