Electrochemical kinetic investigations of the reactions of [FeFe]-hydrogenases with carbon monoxide and oxygen: comparing the importance of gas tunnels and active-site electronic/redox effects.

A major obstacle for future biohydrogen production is the oxygen sensitivity of [FeFe]-hydrogenases, the highly active catalysts produced by bacteria and green algae. The reactions of three representative [FeFe]-hydrogenases with O(2) have been studied by protein film electrochemistry under conditio...

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Main Authors: Goldet, G, Brandmayr, C, Stripp, S, Happe, T, Cavazza, C, Fontecilla-Camps, J, Armstrong, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009
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author Goldet, G
Brandmayr, C
Stripp, S
Happe, T
Cavazza, C
Fontecilla-Camps, J
Armstrong, F
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Brandmayr, C
Stripp, S
Happe, T
Cavazza, C
Fontecilla-Camps, J
Armstrong, F
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description A major obstacle for future biohydrogen production is the oxygen sensitivity of [FeFe]-hydrogenases, the highly active catalysts produced by bacteria and green algae. The reactions of three representative [FeFe]-hydrogenases with O(2) have been studied by protein film electrochemistry under conditions of both H(2) oxidation and H(2) production, using CO as a complementary probe. The hydrogenases are DdHydAB and CaHydA from the bacteria Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and Clostridium acetobutylicum , and CrHydA1 from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii . Rates of inactivation depend on the redox state of the active site 'H-cluster' and on transport through the protein to reach the pocket in which the H-cluster is housed. In all cases CO reacts much faster than O(2). In the model proposed, CaHydA shows the most sluggish gas transport and hence little dependence of inactivation rate on H-cluster state, whereas DdHydAB shows a large dependence on H-cluster state and the least effective barrier to gas transport. All three enzymes show a similar rate of reactivation from CO inhibition, which increases upon illumination: the rate-determining step is thus assigned to cleavage of the labile Fe-CO bond, a reaction likely to be intrinsic to the atomic and electronic state of the H-cluster and less sensitive to the surrounding protein.
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spelling oxford-uuid:bfcf5b17-b950-482d-a7ca-db8d16d9550e2022-03-27T05:50:10ZElectrochemical kinetic investigations of the reactions of [FeFe]-hydrogenases with carbon monoxide and oxygen: comparing the importance of gas tunnels and active-site electronic/redox effects.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:bfcf5b17-b950-482d-a7ca-db8d16d9550eEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Goldet, GBrandmayr, CStripp, SHappe, TCavazza, CFontecilla-Camps, JArmstrong, FA major obstacle for future biohydrogen production is the oxygen sensitivity of [FeFe]-hydrogenases, the highly active catalysts produced by bacteria and green algae. The reactions of three representative [FeFe]-hydrogenases with O(2) have been studied by protein film electrochemistry under conditions of both H(2) oxidation and H(2) production, using CO as a complementary probe. The hydrogenases are DdHydAB and CaHydA from the bacteria Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and Clostridium acetobutylicum , and CrHydA1 from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii . Rates of inactivation depend on the redox state of the active site 'H-cluster' and on transport through the protein to reach the pocket in which the H-cluster is housed. In all cases CO reacts much faster than O(2). In the model proposed, CaHydA shows the most sluggish gas transport and hence little dependence of inactivation rate on H-cluster state, whereas DdHydAB shows a large dependence on H-cluster state and the least effective barrier to gas transport. All three enzymes show a similar rate of reactivation from CO inhibition, which increases upon illumination: the rate-determining step is thus assigned to cleavage of the labile Fe-CO bond, a reaction likely to be intrinsic to the atomic and electronic state of the H-cluster and less sensitive to the surrounding protein.
spellingShingle Goldet, G
Brandmayr, C
Stripp, S
Happe, T
Cavazza, C
Fontecilla-Camps, J
Armstrong, F
Electrochemical kinetic investigations of the reactions of [FeFe]-hydrogenases with carbon monoxide and oxygen: comparing the importance of gas tunnels and active-site electronic/redox effects.
title Electrochemical kinetic investigations of the reactions of [FeFe]-hydrogenases with carbon monoxide and oxygen: comparing the importance of gas tunnels and active-site electronic/redox effects.
title_full Electrochemical kinetic investigations of the reactions of [FeFe]-hydrogenases with carbon monoxide and oxygen: comparing the importance of gas tunnels and active-site electronic/redox effects.
title_fullStr Electrochemical kinetic investigations of the reactions of [FeFe]-hydrogenases with carbon monoxide and oxygen: comparing the importance of gas tunnels and active-site electronic/redox effects.
title_full_unstemmed Electrochemical kinetic investigations of the reactions of [FeFe]-hydrogenases with carbon monoxide and oxygen: comparing the importance of gas tunnels and active-site electronic/redox effects.
title_short Electrochemical kinetic investigations of the reactions of [FeFe]-hydrogenases with carbon monoxide and oxygen: comparing the importance of gas tunnels and active-site electronic/redox effects.
title_sort electrochemical kinetic investigations of the reactions of fefe hydrogenases with carbon monoxide and oxygen comparing the importance of gas tunnels and active site electronic redox effects
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