Photochemical and Enzymatic Synthesis of Methanol from HCO3- with Dehydrogenases and Zinc Porphyrin

Photochemical and enzymatic methanol synthesis from HCO3- with formate dehydrogenase (FDH), aldehyde dehydrogenase (AldDH), and alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) via the photoreduction of MV2+ using ZnTPPS photosensitization was developed and the amount of produced methanol was 0.55 (mu)mol dm^-3 after 4-h irradiation.