Electrochemical acceleration of ammonium biosynthesis from nitrogen gas

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Bioelectrocatalysis uses living cells to realize the two-way conversion of chemical bond energy and electrical energy in organic matter. It has received extensive attention and has been initially applied to fuel cell power supply, electrochemical nitrogen/carbon fixation, and electrochemical synthesis of high-value organic matter. The key to energy conversion in living cells lies in heme, which has a transmembrane multiferroic porphyrin structure. Controlling the arrangement between heme-iron porphyrins is a promising strategy to improve electron transfer. We controlled the expression of heme MtrC in Escherichia coli and investigated the feasibility of regulating the arrangement of heme porphyrins by utilizing the mechanical interaction between heme proteins on the cell membrane. Through the circular dichroism difference spectrum developed by the research group, we proved the exciton coupling effect between heme, that is, the adjustment effect of the arrangement between porphyrin centers on the electron transfer rate. We believes that this research will have a significant impact on environmental engineering and will be of significant interest to many other fields of study ranging from biochemistry to materials science.