Converting a cysteine-rich natively noncatalytic protein to an artificial hydrogenase

2023/01/01 by Sreya Malayam Parambath, Divyansh Prakash, Windfield S. Swetman +2 · 1 voice
Energy · Nursing · #Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion #Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins #Trace Elements in Health

paper · doi:10.1039/d3cc02774k

openalex publication_date 2023/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

production during subsequent metal addition. The critical role of protonated Cys residue(s) in H-H bond formation is demonstrated.

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• Chakraborty et al. report on nickel-substituted metallothionein as an artifical hydrogenase, highlighting the crucial role of cysteine in biocatalytic proton reduction. doi.org/10.1039/D3CC... [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]

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