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Hydrogen technologies: new process uses enzymes as catalysts


​For the first time, a research team from the CEA , Collège de France, CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble has developed an efficient process for in vitro activation of an enzyme, hydrogenase, which is found in microorganisms that use hydrogen as a source of energy.

Published on 26 June 2013
This was made possible by combining approaches from biomimetic and protein chemistry. The results will lead to use of the wide variety of hydrogenase enzymes found in nature, and even the possibility of ‘invented’ artificial enzymes over the long term, which may potentially serve as catalysts for fuel cells or the production of hydrogen from sources of renewable energy. The results were published online in Nature on 26 June 2013.

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