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Encapsulating Cytochrome c in Silica Aerogel Nanoarchitectures without Metal Nanoparticles while Retaining Gas-phase Bioactivity
Published on: March 1, 2016
Enhanced light-driven catalytic performance of cytochrome P450 confined in macroporous silica
Jusheng Lu1, Yanfei Shen2, Songqin Liu3
1Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-medical Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China. liusq@seu.edu.cn and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, P. R. China.
Abstract:
A light-driven approach combined with a macroporous reactor for the enzymatic biocatalytic reaction has been developed by confining the enzyme/photosensitizer nanohybrids in a macroporous material, which exhibits high bio-conversion efficiency due to the fast diffusion and collision between the enzyme/photosensitizer nanohybrid and the substrate in the reactor.

