A Redox Hydrogel Protects the O2-Sensitive [FeFe]-Hydrogenase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii from Oxidative Damage

Alaa Alsheikh Oughli; Felipe Conzuelo; Martin Winkler; Thomas Happe; Wolfgang Lubitz; Wolfgang Schuhmann; Olaf Rüdiger; Nicolas Plumeré

doi:10.1002/anie.201502776

A Redox Hydrogel Protects the O₂-Sensitive [FeFe]-Hydrogenase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii from Oxidative Damage

Alaa Alsheikh Oughli
, Felipe Conzuelo
, Martin Winkler
, Thomas Happe
, Wolfgang Lubitz
, Wolfgang Schuhmann
, Olaf Rüdiger
, Nicolas Plumeré

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
Max-Planck-lnstitut für Kohlenforschung

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Abstract

The integration of sensitive catalysts in redox matrices opens up the possibility for their protection from deactivating molecules such as O₂. [FeFe]-hydrogenases are enzymes catalyzing H₂ oxidation/production which are irreversibly deactivated by O₂. Therefore, their use under aerobic conditions has never been achieved. Integration of such hydrogenases in viologen-modified hydrogel films allows the enzyme to maintain catalytic current for H₂ oxidation in the presence of O₂, demonstrating a protection mechanism independent of reactivation processes. Within the hydrogel, electrons from the hydrogenase-catalyzed H₂ oxidation are shuttled to the hydrogel-solution interface for O₂ reduction. Hence, the harmful O₂ molecules do not reach the hydrogenase. We illustrate the potential applications of this protection concept with a biofuel cell under H₂/O₂ mixed feed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12329-12333
Number of pages	5
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	54
Issue number	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201502776
State	Published - 1 Oct 2015
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

O protection
biocatalysis
biofuel cells
hydrogenases
viologen hydrogel

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