United Arab Emirates University

Shadeera Rouf

Bart Van Der Bruggen

Sulaiman Al Zuhair

Yaser Mohamed Greish

There is disclosed a highly stable biocatalytic multi-enzyme system on hydrophobic support for the efficient and continuous hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO) to formate. The system immobilizes formate dehydrogenase (FDH), glucose dehydrogenase (GDH), and carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzymes on a hydrophobic surface-modified metal-organic framework (MOF), SA-HKUST-1. The hydrophobic surface modification with stearic acid enhances the enzyme stability and reusability, maintaining 95% activity after four cycles. The hydrophobicity of SA-HKUST-1 improves COdiffusion to the immobilized enzymes, significantly boosting the formate production. Enzyme specificity ensures selective reactions, with FDH facilitating CObioconversion, CA accelerating COhydration and GDH facilitating cofactor regeneration within the system. The system demonstrates superior performance, producing 255.8 mM formate per gram of MOF per hour. Operating under mild conditions with simple equipment, it reduces costs and eliminates harmful by-products. This invention offers an eco-friendly, sustainable approach for COmitigation, with potential applications in industrial COconversion processes.

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Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Shadeera Rouf