Article
Development of an in vitro compartmentalization screen for high-throughput directed evolution of [FeFe] hydrogenases.
PloS one - 6 Dec 2010
Stapleton James A, Swartz James R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: [FeFe] hydrogenase enzymes catalyze the formation and dissociation of molecular hydrogen with the help of a complex prosthetic group composed of common elements. The development of energy conversion technologies based on these renewable catalysts has been hindered by their extreme oxygen sensitivity. Attempts to improve the enzymes by directed evolution have failed for want of a screening platform...
Topics
- Catalysis
- Cell-Free System
- DNA
- Dimethylpolysiloxanes
- Directed Molecular Evolution
- Escherichia coli
- Hydrogen
- Hydrogenase
- In Vitro Techniques
- Iron
- Microfluidics
- Models, Genetic
