Article
Microbial hydrogen splitting in the presence of oxygen.
Biochemical Society transactions - 1 Oct 2013
Stein Matthias, Kaur-Ghumaan Sandeep
Abstract excerpt
The origin of the tolerance of a subclass of [NiFe]-hydrogenases to the presence of oxygen was unclear for a long time. Recent spectroscopic studies showed a conserved active site between oxygen-sensitive and oxygen-tolerant hydrogenases, and modifications in the vicinity of the active site in the large subunit could be excluded as the origin of catalytic activity even in the presence of molecular oxygen. A...
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