Enzymatic and bioinspired systems for hydrogen production

L Leone, G Sgueglia, S La Gatta, M Chino… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The extraordinary potential of hydrogen as a clean and sustainable fuel has sparked the
interest of the scientific community to find environmentally friendly methods for its production …

Bioinspired photo-driven hydrogen evolution systems based on hydrogenases and their mimics

R Gupta, AK Pal - Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The ever-growing problem of the energy crisis can be addressed with the development of
sustainable and renewable sources of energy. The naturally occurring hydrogenases with …

A De Novo Designed Trimeric Metalloprotein as a Nip Model of the Acetyl-CoA Synthase

D Selvan, S Chakraborty - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
We present a Nip site model of acetyl coenzyme-A synthase (ACS) within a de novo-
designed trimer peptide that self-assembles to produce a homoleptic Ni (Cys) 3 binding …

Peptides and metal ions: A successful marriage for developing artificial metalloproteins

L Leone, M De Fenza, A Esposito… - Journal of Peptide …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The mutual relationship between peptides and metal ions enables metalloproteins to have
crucial roles in biological systems, including structural, sensing, electron transport, and …

Controlling Reactivity and Electron Transfer in De Novo Designed Artificial Cu Proteins by Systematic Primary, Secondary, and Outer Sphere Modulation

S Chakraborty, D Prakash, S Mitra, S Sony, M Murphy… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Copper-dependent metalloenzymes play essential roles in biology. However, unraveling
how the active sites and the surrounding environment influence their functions presents a …

Molecular standards for analytical ultracentrifugation: investigating the suitability of double-stranded DNA

MC Ranasinghe - 2023 - search.proquest.com
This thesis focuses on the development of molecular standards to validate analytical
ultracentrifugation (AUC) instruments, alongside an exploration of multiple applications of …