Prof. Shelley Minteer, University of Utah

Utilization of Enzyme Cascades for Biofuel Cells: From Metabolism to Metabolons

Cherry Emerson Lecture

Enzymes have been employed for almost 4 decades for energy conversion in the form of biofuel cells. However, most enzymatic biofuel cells in the literature utilize complex biofuels, but only partially oxidize the complex biofuel via the use of a single enzyme (i.e. glucose oxidase). This presentation will detail the use of enzyme cascades at bioanodes for deep to complete oxidation of fuels to improve performance. It will also compare fuel options for biofuel cells and discuss the importance of structural orientation of enzymes in enzymatic cascades.

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