Title | A Ferrocene-Based Conjugated Oligoelectrolyte Catalyzes Bacterial Electrode Respiration |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | Kirchhofer ND, Rengert ZD, Dahlquist FW, Nguyen T-Q, Bazan GC |
Journal | Chem |
Volume | 2 |
Pagination | 240 - 257 |
ISSN | 2451-9294 |
Keywords | SDG7: Affordable and clean energy |
Abstract | Summary For emerging bioelectronic technologies, charge-transfer processes remain rate limited by energy-level mismatching and poor contacts at biotic-abiotic interfaces. Direct chemical modification of these interfaces represents an underdeveloped approach for amplifying biocatalyzed current production. We present the synthesis and application of DSFO+, a redox-active molecule that is designed for membrane affinity and that catalytically couples to biological respiratory transmembrane electron transport, similarly to a heme-containing protein. DSFO+ was employed with three strains of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 (an electrogenic wild-type and two non-electrogenic knockout mutants) and amplified anodic biocurrent in all strains without toxicity at a physiologically relevant redox potential. Of particular interest, DSFO+ increased metabolic efficiency and biological electron production, thus stimulating respiratory biocurrent production in non-electrogenic bacterial phenotypes. The overall effect is akin to a “protein prosthetic” electron transfer agent. |
URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451929417300013 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.chempr.2017.01.001 |