Hydrogen evolution from water catalyzed by cobalt-mimochrome VI*a, a synthetic mini-protein
Vincenzo Firpo;Vincenzo Firpo;Jennifer M. Le;Jennifer M. Le;Vincenzo Pavone;Vincenzo Pavone;Angela Lombardi;Angela Lombardi;Kara L. Bren;Kara L. Bren;
Chemical science2018Vol. 9pp. 8582-8589
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firpo2018chemicalhydrogen
Abstract
A synthetic enzyme is reported that electrocatalytically reduces protons to hydrogen (H2) in water near neutral pH under aerobic conditions. Cobalt mimochrome VI*a (CoMC6*a) is a mini-protein with a cobalt deuteroporphyrin active site within a scaffold of two synthetic peptides covalently bound to the porphy