High-temperature electrocatalysis using thermophilic P450 CYP119: dehalogenation of CCl4 to CH4

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Jul 21;126(28):8632-3. doi: 10.1021/ja0488333.

Abstract

The use of a thermophilic cytochrome P450, CYP119, in electrocatalytic dehalogenations of C1 halocarbon solvents is studied. Temperature stable enzyme-modified electrodes were constructed using sol-gel and polymeric surfactant approaches. CYP119 deposited in a dimethyldidodecylammonium poly(p-styrene sulfonate) (DDAPSS) film has good retention of electrochemical activity up to 80 degrees C. At potentials approaching the FeII/I couple, the CYP119/DDAPSS films demonstrate high catalytic dehalogenations of the C1 chloromethanes CCl4, CHCl3, and CH2Cl2. Product analysis identified mixtures of sequentially dechlorinated products up to methane; no evidence for radical-coupled products was observed. The yield of methane from the CYP119-catalyzed reduction of CCl4 is increased 35-fold from 25 degrees C to 55 degrees C. In combination with the lack of C2 products, the facility of an overall eight-electron reductive dehalogenation suggests that the substrate is constrained within the protein during electrocatalytic turnover.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Archaeal Proteins
  • Biodegradation, Environmental
  • Carbon Tetrachloride / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / chemistry*
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Methane / chemistry*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxygenases / chemistry*
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Archaeal Proteins
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • Carbon Tetrachloride
  • Oxygenases
  • CYP119 protein, Sulfolobus solfataricus
  • Methane