Sentences with phrase «use hydrogenase»
Many organisms use hydrogenase enzymes, naturally.
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Professor Cook's team have established that Mycobacterium smegmatis metabolises molecular hydrogen using three enzymes called hydrogenases.
Hydrogenases can also run in reverse, converting H2 into protons and electrons that can be used to power cell metabolism.
They observed the structure of specific enzymes — hydrogenases — to understand how they could accomplish hydrogenation using simple, Earth - abundant materials.
«After looking at hydrogenases, we wanted to check if we could make artificial molecules that mimics these enzymes using the same type of common materials, like iron and manganese,» explained Dr. Abhishek Dubey, the first author of this study.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory catalysis scientists Dr. Wendy Shaw and Dr. Monte Helm led a workshop on hydrogenase mimics, important components of fuel cells that catalyze hydrogen production and use.
However, natural hydrogenase enzymes are large and unwieldy, and would be too expensive to use on a large scale.