Biotechnological storage and utilization of entrapped solar energy.
Our laboratory has recently developed a device employing immobilized F0F1 adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) that allows synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) from adenosine 5'-diphosphate and inorganic phosphate using solar energy. We present estimates of total solar energy received by Earth's land area and demonstrate that its efficient capture may allow conversion of solar energy and storage into bonds of biochemicals using devices harboring either immobilized ATPase or NADH dehydrogenase. Capture and storage of solar energy into biochemicals may also enable fixation of CO2 emanating from polluting units. The cofactors ATP and NADH synthesized using solar energy could be used for regeneration of acceptor D-ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate from 3-phosphoglycerate formed during CO2 fixation.
Bhattacharya
Sumana
S
ABRD Company LLC, 1555 Wood Road, Cleveland, OH, 44121, USA.
Schiavone
Marc
M
Nayak
Amiya
A
Bhattacharya
Sanjoy K
SK
D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000737:chemistry; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000737:chemistry*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000737:chemistry; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D018534:Earth, Planet; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized / Q000737:chemistry; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry; D008954:Models, Biological; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D012993:Solar Energy
D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases