Bacterial sensors of oxygen

Green, Jeffrey, Crack, Jason C., Thomson, Andrew J. and Le Brun, Nick E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-4061 (2009) Bacterial sensors of oxygen. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 12 (2). pp. 145-151. ISSN 1879-0364

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Abstract

The concentration of molecular oxygen (O2) began to increase in the Earth's atmosphere approximately two billion years ago. Its presence posed a threat to anaerobes but also offered opportunities for improved energy conservation via aerobic respiration. The ability to sense environmental O2 thus became, and remains, important for many bacteria, both for protection and switching between anaerobic and aerobic respiration. Utilizing an iron–sulfur cluster as the sensor of O2 exploits the ability of O2 to oxidize the iron–sulfur cluster, ultimately resulting in cluster disassembly. When utilizing heme as the sensor, the capacity of O2 to form a reversible Fe–O2 bond or alternatively the oxidation of the heme iron atom itself is used to detect O2 and switch regulators between active and inactive forms.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 7 - affordable and clean energy ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biophysical Chemistry (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Life Processes Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Depositing User:	Rachel Smith
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2011 11:18
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2024 09:19
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/26985
DOI:	10.1016/j.mib.2009.01.008

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