Hydrogen as a Fuel: Learning from Nature
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Summary
There continues to be widespread interest in the applications of hydrogen as a clean fuel and its potential for local electricity production and use in transport. Recent years have seen a variety of breakthroughs in our understanding of the nature, structure, and biosynthesis of hydrogenases. This book is a timely description of these developments, taking a lucid, multidisciplinary approach. Scientists in fields, such as clean technology, biochemistry, electrochemistry, agriculture, and general biotechnology, will find this an accessible resource that brings together the many facets of these enzymes.
Table of Contents
Preface Kornel L. Kovacs and Paulette M. Vignais
Origins, Evolution, and the Hydrogen Biosphere
Richard Cammack
Biodiversity of Hydrogenases
Rob Robson
Regulation of Hydrogenase Gene Expression
Bärbel Friedrich and Paulette Vignais
The Assembly Line
Rob Robson
Hydrogenases and Their Activities
Richard Cammack
Molecular Architectures
Juan-Carlos Fontecilla-Camps and Michel Frey
Spectroscopy—the Functional Puzzle
Simon Albracht
The Catalytic Machinery
Richard Cammack
Hydrogenase in Biotechnology: Hydrogen Consumption
Richard Cammack
Hydrogenase in Biotechnology: Producing Hydrogen as a Fuel
Krishna Rao and Richard Cammack.