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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2015

Cyanobacterial hydrogenases and hydrogen metabolism revisited: recent progress and future prospects.

Namita Khanna, Peter Lindblad

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Enhanced Phototrophic Biomass Productivity through Supply of Hydrogen Gas.Environmental science & technology letters · 2020
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  16. Metalloproteins in the Biology of Heterocysts.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Namita KhannaMicrobial Chemistry, Department of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-75120, Sweden. namitakhanna1@gmail.com.
Peter LindbladMicrobial Chemistry, Department of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, Uppsala SE-75120, Sweden. peter.lindblad@kemi.uu.se.
Uppsala University · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyanobacteria have garnered interest as potential cell factories for hydrogen production. In conjunction with photosynthesis, these organisms can utilize inexpensive inorganic substrates and solar energy for simultaneous biosynthesis and hydrogen evolution. However, the hydrogen yield associated with these organisms remains far too low to compete with the existing chemical processes. Our limited understanding of the cellular hydrogen production pathway is a primary setback in the potential scale-up of this process. In this regard, the present review discusses the recent insight around ferredoxin/flavodoxin as the likely electron donor to the bidirectional Hox hydrogenase instead of the generally accepted NAD(P)H. This may have far reaching implications in powering solar driven hydrogen production. However, it is evident that a successful hydrogen-producing candidate would likely integrate enzymatic traits from different species. Engineering the [NiFe] hydrogenases for optimal catalytic efficiency or expression of a high turnover [FeFe] hydrogenase in these photo-autotrophs may facilitate the development of strains to reach target levels of biohydrogen production in cyanobacteria. The fundamental advancements achieved in these fields are also summarized in this review.

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CyanobacteriaFerredoxinsHydrogenHydrogenaseIron-Sulfur ProteinsNADPFerredoxinsHydrogenHydrogenaseiron hydrogenaseIron-Sulfur ProteinsNADPnickel-iron hydrogenasebidirectional Hox hydrogenasebiohydrogencyanobacteria[FeFe] hydrogenaseferredoxin[NiFe] hydrogenase

Identifiers

PMID26006225
PMCPMC4463661
OpenAlexW2157437833

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