Dynamique réactionnelle des enzymes rédox multicentres, cinétique électrochimique
Reaction dynamics of multicenter redox enzymes, electrochemical kineticsResearch
FeFe-hydrogenases oxidize or produce H2 at an active site, the so-called H cluster, that is composed of a standard [4Fe4S] cluster covalently attached by a cysteine residue to a [Fe2 (CO)3 (CN)2 (dtma)] subsite (dtma = dithiomethylamine). We study the enzymes from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Collab. Hervé Bottin, CEA, Saclay) and Clostridium acetobutylicum (Collab. Isabelle Meynial-Salles, INSA /INRA/CNRS, Toulouse.). We also collaborate with theoretical chemists (Claudio Greco, Luca de Gioia, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca; Jochen Blumberger, UCL, London, UK). This research is funded by CNRS, AMU and the ANR (projects AlgoH2, CAFE, ECCHYMOSE). See a list of major results
NiFe-hydrogenases oxidize or produce H2 at a dinuclear active site made of Ni and Fe. We study the enzymes from Desulfovibrio fructosovorans (Collab. Myriam Brugna, BIP5, CNRS, Marseille) and Aquifex aeolicus (Collab. Marie Thérèse Giudici-Orticoni, BIP1, CNRS, Marseille). We also collaborate with theoretical chemists (Claudio Greco, Luca de Gioia, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca; Jochen Blumberger, UCL, London, UK), spectroscopists (Antonio de Lacey, ICP, CSCI, Madrid; Bruno Guigliarelli, Bénédicte Burlat, BIP7) and crystallographers (Juan Fontecilla-Camps, LCCP, CEA, Grenoble). This research is funded by CNRS, AMU, région PACA and the ANR (projects Hyliox and HEROS). See a list of major results
We study the carbon monoxide dehydrogenases from Desulfovibrio vulgaris, Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans and Thermoccocus sp AM4. This enzymes reversibly transforms CO and CO2 using a NiFe4S active site. We are interested in understanding the maturation of the cofactor and the active site mechanism. For this we collaborate with theoretical chemists (Maurizio Bruschi, Luca de Gioia, Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca; Jochen Blumberger, UCL, London, UK) and crystallographers (Catherine L. Drennan, MIT, Boston, USA). We also study the enzyme from Rhodospirulum rubrum in collaboration with Christine Cavazza (CEA, Grenoble). This research is funded by CNRS, AMU, ANR.
Aerobic catalysis with air-sensitive catalysts protected in hydrogel films. This collaboration with the group of Nicolas Plumeré in Bochum, Germany, is supported by an ANR/DFG program, SHIELDS