A Bacterial Electron-bifurcating Hydrogenase

• Published in: The Journal of biological chemistry Vol. 287; no. 37; pp. 31165 - 31171
• Main Authors: Schuchmann, Kai, Müller, Volker
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 07.09.2012; American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Subjects: Acetobacterium - enzymology; Acetogenesis; Adenosine Triphosphate - chemistry; Adenosine Triphosphate - metabolism; Bacterial Proteins - chemistry; Bacterial Proteins - isolation & purification; Bacterial Proteins - metabolism; Bioenergetics; Catalytic Domain; Electron Bifurcation; Electron Transport; Enzyme Mechanisms; Ferredoxins - chemistry; Ferredoxins - metabolism; Hydrogen - chemistry; Hydrogen - metabolism; Hydrogenase; Hydrogenase - chemistry; Hydrogenase - isolation & purification; Hydrogenase - metabolism; Iron-Sulfur Protein; Metabolism; Metalloenzymes; Microbiology; Oxidation-Reduction; Enzyme Mechanisms; Hydrogenase; Electron Transport; Bioenergetics; Microbiology; Acetogenesis; Iron-Sulfur Protein; Metabolism; Metalloenzymes; Electron Bifurcation

The Wood-Ljungdahl pathway of anaerobic CO2 fixation with hydrogen as reductant is considered a candidate for the first life-sustaining pathway on earth because it combines carbon dioxide fixation with the synthesis of ATP via a chemiosmotic mechanism. The acetogenic bacterium Acetobacterium woodii...