Enzymatic carbon dioxide to formate: mechanisms, challenges and opportunities

H Chen, Y Huang, C Sha, JM Moradian… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2) gas into soluble formate is one of the most promising
carbon neutralization strategies since it facilitates simultaneous fixation of carbon dioxide …

Greater than the sum of parts: mechanisms of metabolic regulation by enzyme filaments

KL Hvorecny, JM Kollman - Current opinion in structural biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent work in structural biology is shedding light on how many of the enzymes of
intermediary metabolism are self-and co-assembling into large, filamentous polymers or …

Serial Lift-Out: sampling the molecular anatomy of whole organisms

OH Schiøtz, CJO Kaiser, S Klumpe, DR Morado… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cryo-focused ion beam milling of frozen-hydrated cells and subsequent cryo-electron
tomography (cryo-ET) has enabled the structural elucidation of macromolecular complexes …

An allosteric redox switch involved in oxygen protection in a CO2 reductase

AR Oliveira, C Mota, G Vilela-Alves, RR Manuel… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Metal-dependent formate dehydrogenases reduce CO2 with high efficiency and selectivity,
but are usually very oxygen sensitive. An exception is Desulfovibrio vulgaris W/Sec-FdhAB …

Super‐fast Charging Biohybrid Batteries through a Power‐to‐formate‐to‐bioelectricity Process by Combining Microbial Electrochemistry and CO2 Electrolysis

N Chu, Y Jiang, D Wang, D Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extensive study on renewable energy storage has been sparked by the growing worries
regarding global warming. In this study, incorporating the latest advancements in microbial …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating cellular electron microscopy with multimodal data to explore biology across space and time

CL McCafferty, S Klumpe, RE Amaro, W Kukulski… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Biology spans a continuum of length and time scales. Individual experimental methods only
glimpse discrete pieces of this spectrum but can be combined to construct a more holistic …

Selenium—more than just a fortuitous sulfur substitute in redox biology

LB Maia, BK Maiti, I Moura, JJG Moura - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Living organisms use selenium mainly in the form of selenocysteine in the active site of
oxidoreductases. Here, selenium's unique chemistry is believed to modulate the reaction …

Regulation of catalytic reaction performance of CO2 with ethane by metal cation substitution on CeO2 support

X Li, D Kang, Z He, J Chen, F Wang, Z Zhang - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The catalytic reaction of CO 2 with ethane balances the resourceful conversion of CO 2 and
the value-added utilization of shale gas. In this paper, the effects of different metal cation …

[HTML][HTML] Formate hydrogenlyase, formic acid translocation and hydrogen production: Dynamic membrane biology during fermentation

K Peters, F Sargent - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Formate hydrogenlyase-1 (FHL-1) is a complex-I-like enzyme that is commonly
found in gram-negative bacteria. The enzyme comprises a peripheral arm and a membrane …

[HTML][HTML] Minimal and hybrid hydrogenases are active from archaea

C Greening, PR Cabotaje, LEV Alvarado, PM Leung… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Microbial hydrogen (H 2) cycling underpins the diversity and functionality of diverse anoxic
ecosystems. Among the three evolutionarily distinct hydrogenase superfamilies …