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  • Green Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Biotechnology and Photochemistry Integration

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  • Sustainable development necessitates efficient, low-carbon chemical transformations.
  • Enzyme-photo-coupled catalytic systems (EPCS) combine enzyme selectivity and photocatalysis reactivity for solar-driven molecular editing.
  • Designing efficient and stable EPCS is challenging due to complex components and processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a system engineering perspective on Enzyme-Photo-Coupled Catalytic Systems (EPCS).
  • To identify key factors governing EPCS performance.
  • To propose design principles for enhanced EPCS.

Main Methods:

  • Disintegration of EPCS into four elementary components.
  • Reorganization into biocatalytic ensembles (BE) and photocatalytic ensembles (PE).
  • Analysis of connectivity and compatibility between BE and PE in existing systems.

Main Results:

  • Connectivity and compatibility between BE and PE are critical for EPCS performance.
  • Identified origins of undesirable connectivity and low compatibility.
  • Deduction of potential solutions to overcome design challenges.

Conclusions:

  • EPCS design requires careful consideration of component integration.
  • Proposed design principles aim to improve efficiency and stability of EPCS.
  • Future perspectives for advancing solar-driven molecular editing using EPCS.