Abstract
An enzymic electric cell was constructed in which the anode was composed of a zinc plate inserted in aqueous NH4Cl solution and the cathode was composed of an electrode made of a glassy carbon stick inserted in a reaction mixture containing cytochrome c3 hydrogenase (H2:ferricytochrome c3 oxidoreductase, EC 1.12.2.1) and methylviologen under an atmosphere of N2. When the circuit was closed, the electric cell formulated as [Formula: see text] was composed, and hydrogenase-catalyzed H2-evolution was observed in the cathode of the cell with concomitant flow of an electric current. Thus, the hydrogenase-catalyzed reaction and the electron-donating reaction proceeded at different parts of the cell. This enables us to protect the hydrogenase from the byproducts of the electron-donating system, which might be hazardous to the enzyme.
Keywords: biophotolysis of water, nonpolluting fuel
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