Gases like H2, N2, CO2, and CO are increasingly recognized as critical feedstock in “green”
energy conversion and as sources of nitrogen and carbon for the agricultural and chemical …

The reaction takes place at a specialized metal center that dramatically increases the acidity
of H2 and leads to a heterolytic splitting of the molecule which is strongly accelerated by the …

Abstract The [FeFe]-and [NiFe]-hydrogenases catalyze the formal interconversion between
hydrogen and protons and electrons, possess characteristic non-protein ligands at their …

Molecular hydrogen (H 2) has been accepted to be an inert and nonfunctional molecule in
our body. We have turned this concept by demonstrating that H 2 reacts with strong oxidants …

Protein stability is a topic of major interest for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and food
industries, in addition to being a daily consideration for academic researchers studying …

Ever since the discovery of hydrogenases over 90 years ago (Stephenson and Stickland,
1931), their structure and mechanism of action have been intensively investigated. Of the …

For a little over a decade now, the Macromolecular Crystallography (MX) group at the
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has been operating three state-of-the-art synchrotron …

Synthesis gas (syngas) is a gas mixture consisting mainly of H 2, CO, and CO 2 and can be
derived from different sources, including renewable materials like lignocellulose. The …

Hydrogenase proteins catalyze the reversible conversion of molecular hydrogen to protons
and electrons. The most abundant hydrogenases contain a [NiFe] active site; these proteins …

Molecular hydrogen (H 2) was believed to be inert and nonfunctional in mammalian cells.
We overturned this concept by demonstrating that H 2 reacts with highly reactive oxidants …