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Stikane, Anna, Hwang, Ee Taek, Ainsworth, Emma, Piper, Samuel, Critchley, Kevin, Butt, Julea 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9624-5226, Reisner, Erwin and Jeuken, Lars J. C.
(2019)
Towards compartmentalized photocatalysis: Multiheme proteins as transmembrane molecular electron conduits.
Faraday Discussions, 215.
pp. 26-38.
ISSN 1364-5498
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Abstract
The high quantum efficiency of natural photosynthesis has inspired chemists for solar fuel synthesis. In photosynthesis, charge recombination in photosystems is minimized by efficient charge separation across the thylakoid membrane. Building on our previous bioelectrochemical studies of electron transfer between a light-harvesting nanoparticle (LHNP) and the decahaem subunit MtrC, we demonstrate photo-induced electron transfer through the full transmembrane MtrCAB complex in liposome membranes. Successful photoelectron transfer is demonstrated by the decomposition of a redox dye, Reactive Red 120 (RR120), encapsulated in MtrCAB proteoliposomes. Photoreduction rates are found to be dependent on the identity of the external LHNPs, specifically, dye-sensitized TiO2, amorphous carbon dots (a-CD) and graphitic carbon dots with core nitrogen doping (g-N-CDs. Agglomeration or aggregation of TiO2 NPs likely reduces the kinetics of RR120 reductive decomposition. In contrast, with the dispersed a-CD and g-N-CDs, kinetics of RR120 reductive decomposition is observed to be faster with MtrCAB proteoliposomes and we propose this is due to enhancement in the charge-separated state. Thus, we show a proof-of-concept for using MtrCAB as a lipid membrane-spanning building block for compartmentalised photocatalysis that mimics photosynthesis. Future work is focussed on incorporation of fuel generating redox catalysts in the MtrCAB proteoliposome lumen.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular Microbiology Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Life Processes Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Energy Materials Laboratory |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2018 12:30 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 21:32 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69332 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/C8FD00163D |
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