Enzymatic Cascades for Bioelectrocatalysis
Shelley Minteer a
a University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E Rm 2020, Salt Lake City, 84112, United States
Proceedings of International Conference on Bio Energy (Bioenergy14)
Torremolinos, Spain, 2014 June 2nd - 3rd
Organizer: Francisco Fabregat-Santiago
Invited Speaker, Shelley Minteer, presentation 006
Publication date: 10th April 2014

Oxidoreductase enzymes have been employed for almost 5 decades for energy conversion in the form of biofuel cells. However, most enzymaticbiofuel cells in the literature utilize complex biofuels, but only partially oxidize the complex biofuel via the use of a single enzyme (i.e. glucose oxidase or glucose dehydrogenase). This presentation will detail the use of enzyme cascades at bioanodes for deep to complete oxidation of fuels to improve performance. These enzyme cascade will include natural metabolic pathways (i.e. the Kreb's cycle), as well as minimal metabolic pathways to promote electron flux. It will also compare fuel options for biofuel cells and discuss the importance of structural orientation of enzymes and enzyme complexation in enzymatic cascades (metabolons) for efficient energy conversion. 



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