Widening the Product Profile of Carbon Dioxide Reduction by Vanadium Nitrogenase

Rebelein, Johannes G.; Hu, Yilin; Ribbe, Markus W.

doi:10.1002/cbic.201500305

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Widening the Product Profile of Carbon Dioxide Reduction by Vanadium Nitrogenase

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Rebelein, J. G., Hu, Y., & Ribbe, M. W. (2015). Widening the Product Profile of Carbon Dioxide Reduction by Vanadium Nitrogenase. CHEMBIOCHEM, 16(14), 1993-1996. doi:10.1002/cbic.201500305.

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Two reaction systems based on vanadium nitrogenase were previously shown to reduce CO2 to hydrocarbons: 1) an enzyme-based system that used both components of V nitrogenase for ATP-dependent reduction of CO2 to <C-2 hydrocarbons; and 2) a cofactor-based system that employed SmI2 to supply electrons to the isolated V cluster for an ATP-independent reduction of CO2 to <= C-3 hydrocarbons. Here, we report ATP-independent reduction of CO2 to hydrocarbons by a reaction system comprising Eu-II DTPA and the VFe protein of V nitrogenase. Combining features of both enzyme-and cofactor-based systems, this system exhibits improved C-C coupling and a broader product profile of <= C-4 hydrocarbons. The C-C coupling does not employ CO2-derived CO, and it is significantly enhanced in D2O. These observations afford initial insights into the characteristics of this unique reaction and provide a potential template for future design of catalysts to recycle the greenhouse gas CO2 into useful products.