Given the problems
of Global Climate Change and Energy security, it makes sense to become energy
independent with clean technologies.
Hydrogen@Home studies clean technologies for
the production of hydrogen for energy purposes. Hydrogen used in fuel cell technologies
has zero emissions of greenhouse gases. However, the most economical method of
producing hydrogen (Methane Reformation) produces greenhouse gases.
Ideally, hydrogen
from water has the potential to produce no greenhouse gases. One approach, is
studying photo-biological systems to find highly efficient methods of producing
hydrogen. Already researchers have identified photosynthetic bacteria capable of such reactions.
Hydrogen@Home attempts to predict previously
uncharacterized catalytic interactions of biological catalysts. It attempts to
find the most efficient method of producing hydrogen.
To achieve these
goals, Hydrogen@Home simulates interactions of 3D
structures of proteins and substrate. Structures are obtained
from Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB).
All Software used in this project is licensed under GPL.
Here is a paper describing initial graduate project that inspired this project.
Datamining For Hydrogen Yielding Enzymes