NAD+/NADH

Gabriel Menendez Rodriguez1, Caterina Trotta1, Leonardo Tensi2

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Biotechnology, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy.

まとめ

新しいイリジウム触媒 [Cp*Ir(pyza) Cl]は,NAD+とNADHの効率的で可逆的な電気触媒変換を可能にします. この触媒は NAD+/NADHの相互変換の自然な還元電位を模倣して低過剰電位で動作する.

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