Hydrogenases: Enzymes and Catalytic Mechanisms Involved in Hydrogen Production
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biophysics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 180
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biochemistry and enzymology of sulfur and selenium; glutathione peroxidase; glutathione; flavonoid biosynthesis; catalase; SOD; lipid peroxidation; reactive oxygen species; inflammatory biomarkers; laccase
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a global priority that requires a massive effort of researchers to find new strategies of hydrogen production, those which will not rely on the direct or indirect use of fossil fuels. Since the arrival of cyanobacteria on earth more than three billion years ago, nature designed several families of metalloenzymes called hydrogenases, which are capable of interconverting protons and hydrogen in photosynthetic systems.
The use of such enzymes or the development of biomimetic systems for large-scale hydrogen production requires a detailed understanding of their complex catalytic mechanisms and instability in aerobic environment.
The goal of this special issue is to gather information on:
- General and specific catalytic properties of [Fe] hydrogenases, [FeFe] Hydrogenases, [NiFe] Hydrogenases and [NiFeSe] Hydrogenases;
- Biogenesis and structural assembly of enzyme-clusters and enzyme-cofactors;
- Dedicated spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques of analysis;
- Techniques enabling characterization of intermediates of very short half-life;
- Factors of active site reactivities with dioxygen;
- Engineered hydrogenases and non-protein hydrogenase mimics.
Prof. Dr. Jean Chaudière
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hydrogenases
- metalloenzymes
- enzymes
- catalytic mechanisms
- instability
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