Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2023, Vol. 44: 96-110.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(22)64154-8

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Molecule-electron-proton transfer in enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic system

Shihao Lia,c, Jiafu Shib,c,*(), Shusong Liub, Wenping Lia,c, Yu Chenb, Huiting Shana,d, Yuqing Chenga,c, Hong Wua,c,*(), Zhongyi Jianga,c,d,*()   

  1. aKey Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
    bSchool of Environmental Science & Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
    cCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, China
    dJoint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Fuzhou 350207, Fujian, China
  • Received:2022-05-28 Accepted:2022-07-14 Online:2022-12-10 Published:2022-12-08
  • Contact: Jiafu Shi, Hong Wu, Zhongyi Jiang
  • About author:Jiafu Shi (School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Tianjin University) obtained his PhD in Chemical Technology from Tianjin University (China) in 2013. After graduation, he joined the faculty of Tianjin University, and started working at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering. He was a visiting scholar of University of California at Berkeley with Professor Phillip B. Messersmith from 2016 to 2017. He is the winner of National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars in China. His research interest encompasses enzyme-catalyzed biomanufacturing processes. He has co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers, including in Chemical Society Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Catalysis, Advanced Functional Materials, Chem, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Joule, etc.
    Hong Wu (School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University) received her PhD in Chemical Engineering from Tianjin University (China). Her research interests include membrane materials and membrane processes as well as enzyme immobilization and enzymatic catalysis. To date, she has co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed papers including in Nature Communications, Chemical Society Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, etc.
    Zhongyi Jiang (School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University) obtained a PhD degree from Tianjin University (China) in 1994. He was a visiting scholar of University of Minnesota with Prof. Edward Cussler in 1997 and California Institute of Technology with Prof. David Tirrell in 2009. He is the winner of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in China, Cheung Kong Chair Professor, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. His research interest includes biomimetic and bioinspired membranes and membrane processes, biocatalysis, photocatalysis. To date, he has co-authored over 600 peer-reviewed papers, including in Nature Sustainability, Nature Communications, Chemical Society Reviews, Progress in Polymer Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Materials, ACS Catalysis, etc.
  • Supported by:
    National Excellent Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China(22122809);National Key R&D Program of China(2020YFA0907902);National Natural Science Funds of China(21621004);Natural Science Fund of Tianjin(19JCYBJC19700);Open Funding Project of the State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering(2020KF-06)

Abstract:

Enzyme-Photo-coupled Catalytic System (EPCS) integrates the light absorption capacity of photocatalysts and the high activity/specificity of enzymes, which is becoming an emerging technology platform to mimic natural photosynthesis for harnessing solar energy to generate valuable products, including bulk chemicals, energy chemicals and pharmaceutical chemicals. Cofactors including NAD(P)+/NAD(P)H, as "energy currency", are involved in over 80% biocatalytic redox reactions, establishing a bridge of mass/energy exchange between photocatalysis and cofactor-dependent enzyme catalysis. Although numerous efforts have been devoted, the performance of current EPCS is far from the theoretical upper limit. The individual and synergistic intensification of molecule-electron-proton transfer evolves a critical yet challenging issue in EPCS. This Review will focus on the molecule-electron-proton transfer in natural photosynthesis and in EPCS. Future endeavors to intensify all three transfers to construct a more efficient EPCS are suggested as pursuit for a new pattern of modern chemical engineering.

Key words: Enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic system, Molecule-electron-proton transfer, NAD(P)H regeneration, Enzyme catalysis, Photocatalysis