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Structural and Functional Dynamics of Microbial Photosystem Complexes
Photosynthesis involves two stages, the light reactions and the dark reactions that occur in thylakoid membranes and stroma, respectively. The...
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Mitochondrial impairment, decreased sirtuin activity and protein acetylation in dorsal root ganglia in Friedreich Ataxia models
Friedreich ataxia (FA) is a rare, recessive neuro-cardiodegenerative disease caused by deficiency of the mitochondrial protein frataxin....
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Microbial gene expression analysis of healthy and cancerous esophagus uncovers bacterial biomarkers of clinical outcomes
Local microbiome shifts are implicated in the development and progression of gastrointestinal cancers, and in particular, esophageal carcinoma...
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Plastoquinol Oxidation: Rate-Limiting Stage in the Electron Transport Chain of Chloroplasts
AbstractThis work is devoted to theoretical study of functioning of the cytochrome (Cyt) b 6 f complex (plastoquinol:plastocyanin oxidoreductase) of...
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Life strategies for Aminicenantia in subseafloor oceanic crust
After decades studying the microbial “deep biosphere” in subseafloor oceanic crust, the growth and life strategies in this anoxic, low energy habitat...
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Complete genome of the thermophilic purple sulfur Bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum compared to Allochromatium vinosum and other Chromatiaceae
The complete genome sequence of the thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum strain MC T (DSM 3771 T ) is described and contrasted...
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Cryo-EM structure of a functional monomeric Photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus elongatus reveals red chlorophyll cluster
A high-resolution structure of trimeric cyanobacterial Photosystem I (PSI) from Thermosynechococcus elongatus was reported as the first atomic model...
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Metal Munching Microbes
Life has been a powerful geologic force, sha** the world as we know it today. Microbes in particular have played a crucial role in this...
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Biogeochemical and historical drivers of microbial community composition and structure in sediments from Mercer Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica
Ice streams that flow into Ross Ice Shelf are underlain by water-saturated sediments, a dynamic hydrological system, and subglacial lakes that...
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Identification and characterization of the low molecular mass ferredoxins involved in central metabolism in Heliomicrobium modesticaldum
The homodimeric Type I reaction center (RC) from Heliomicrobium modesticaldum lacks the PsaC subunit found in Photosystem I and instead uses the...
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Funktion und Biogenese von Eisen-Schwefel-Proteinen in Eukaryoten
Iron-sulfur (FeS) clusters are versatile protein cofactors that fulfil numerous catalytic and regulatory functions in mitochondria, cytosol, and...
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Structural insights into the iron nitrogenase complex
Nitrogenases are best known for catalyzing the reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia at a complex metallic cofactor. Recently, nitrogenases were shown...
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Reductive dissolution of pyrite by methanogenic archaea
The formation and fate of pyrite (FeS 2 ) modulates global iron, sulfur, carbon, and oxygen biogeochemical cycles and has done so since early in...
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Iron and sulfur oxidation pathways of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is a gram-negative, autotrophic and rod-shaped bacterium. It can gain energy through the oxidation of Fe(II) and...
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Comparison of HydSl Hydrogenase of Thiocapsa bogorovii and its Modification with a Truncated C-Terminus of HydS
Native HydSL hydrogenase of Thiocapsa bogorovii and its modification with a truncated C-terminus of HydS (Δ54HydS) were shown to be similar in their...
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Comparative insights into genome signatures of ferric iron oxide- and anode-stimulated Desulfuromonas spp. strains
BackgroundHalotolerant Fe (III) oxide reducers affiliated in the family Desulfuromonadaceae are ubiquitous and drive the carbon, nitrogen, sulfur...
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Stochastic Processes Dominate in the Water Mass–Based Segregation of Diazotrophs in a High Arctic Fjord (Svalbard)
Nitrogen-fixing or diazotrophic microbes fix atmospheric nitrogen (N 2 ) to ammonia (NH 3 + ) using nitrogenase enzyme and play a crucial role in...
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[FeFe]-hydrogenase maturation: H-cluster assembly intermediates tracked by electron paramagnetic resonance, infrared, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Abstract[FeFe]-hydrogenase enzymes employ a unique organometallic cofactor for efficient and reversible hydrogen conversion. This so-called H-cluster...
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Methods for Heterologous Overproduction of Fe-S Proteins
Proteins carrying iron-sulfur ([Fe-S]) clusters are critical to the basic metabolism of all organisms. Structural and biochemical investigations of...
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Influence of Geochemistry in the Tropical Hot Springs on Microbial Community Structure and Function
Thermophiles inhabiting high temperatures are considered primitive microorganisms on early Earth. In this regard, several works have demonstrated...
