Flavin-Based Electron Bifurcation, Ferredoxin, Flavodoxin, and Anaerobic Respiration With Protons (Ech) or NAD+ (Rnf) as Electron Acceptors: A Historical Review

W Buckel, RK Thauer - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Flavin-based electron bifurcation is a newly discovered mechanism, by which a hydride
electron pair from NAD (P) H, coenzyme F420H2, H2, or formate is split by flavoproteins into …

[FeFe]-and [NiFe]-hydrogenase diversity, mechanism, and maturation

JW Peters, GJ Schut, ES Boyd, DW Mulder… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The [FeFe]-and [NiFe]-hydrogenases catalyze the formal interconversion between
hydrogen and protons and electrons, possess characteristic non-protein ligands at their …

Biohydrogen production from microalgae—Major bottlenecks and future research perspectives

D Nagarajan, CD Dong, CY Chen, DJ Lee… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The imprudent use of fossil fuels has resulted in high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,
leading to climate change and global warming. Reduction in GHG emissions and energy …

Regulatory electron transport pathways of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and microalgae: Recent advances and biotechnological prospects

L Nikkanen, D Solymosi, M Jokel… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cyanobacteria and microalgae perform oxygenic photosynthesis where light energy is
harnessed to split water into oxygen and protons. This process releases electrons that are …

Cyanobacterial in vivo solar hydrogen production using a photosystem I–hydrogenase (PsaD-HoxYH) fusion complex

J Appel, V Hueren, M Boehm, K Gutekunst - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Photosynthetically produced hydrogen is an attractive, sustainable fuel. Semiartificial in vitro
techniques have been successfully implemented in which hydrogenases were attached to …

Hunting the main player enabling Chlamydomonas reinhardtii growth under fluctuating light

M Jokel, X Johnson, G Peltier, EM Aro… - The Plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthetic organisms have evolved numerous photoprotective mechanisms and
alternative electron sinks/pathways to fine‐tune the photosynthetic apparatus under dynamic …

Engineering photosynthetic organisms for the production of biohydrogen

A Dubini, ML Ghirardi - Photosynthesis research, 2015 - Springer
Oxygenic photosynthetic organisms such as green algae are capable of absorbing sunlight
and converting the chemical energy into hydrogen gas. This process takes advantage of the …

Biocatalysis in green and blue: cyanobacteria

J Jodlbauer, T Rohr, O Spadiut, MD Mihovilovic… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
Recently, several studies have proven the potential of cyanobacteria as whole-cell
biocatalysts for biotransformation. Compared to heterotrophic hosts, cyanobacteria show …

Photocatalytic regeneration of nicotinamide cofactors by quantum dot–enzyme biohybrid complexes

KA Brown, MB Wilker, M Boehm, H Hamby… - Acs …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report the characterization of biohybrid complexes of CdSe quantum dots and ferredoxin
NADP+-reductase for photocatalytic regeneration of NADPH. Illumination with visible light …

Identification of new members of the MAPK gene family in plants shows diverse conserved domains and novel activation loop variants

TK Mohanta, PK Arora, N Mohanta, P Parida, H Bae - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) signaling is of critical
importance in plants and other eukaryotic organisms. The MAPK cascade plays an …