Integration of an [FeFe]-hydrogenase into the anaerobic metabolism of Escherichia coli

•Engineering microbial biohydrogen production may have biotechnological applications.•A synthetic operon encoding an NADH-linked [FeFe]-hydrogenase was designed.•The enzyme was heterologously produced, activated and characterised.•The addition of ferredoxin and pyruvate oxidoreductase was necessary...

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Main Authors: Kelly, Ciarán L., Pinske, Constanze, Murphy, Bonnie J., Parkin, Alison, Armstrong, Fraser, Palmer, Tracy, Sargent, Frank
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4694547/