%0 Journal Article
%A Gutiérrez-Sanz, Óscar
%A Natale, Paolo
%A Márquez, Ileana
%A Marques, Marta C.
%A Zacarias, Sonia
%A Pita, Marcos
%A Pereira, Inês A. C.
%A López-Montero, Iván
%A De Lacey, Antonio L.
%A Vélez, Marisela
%T H2-Fueled ATP Synthesis on an Electrode: Mimicking Cellular Respiration
%D 2016
%@ 1433-7851
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23740
%X ATP, the molecule used by living organisms to supply energy to many different metabolic processes, is synthesized mostly by the ATPase synthase using a proton or sodium gradient generated across a lipid membrane. We present evidence that a modified electrode surface integrating a NiFeSe hydrogenase and a F1F0 -ATPase in a lipid membrane can couple the electrochemical oxidation of H2 to the synthesis of ATP. This electrode-assisted conversion of H2 gas into ATP could serve to generate this biochemical fuel locally when required in biomedical devices or enzymatic synthesis of valuable product.
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