Redox linked flavin sites in extracellular decaheme proteins involved in microbe-mineral electron transfer

Edwards, Marcus, White, Gaye, Norman, Michael, Tome-Fernandez, Alice, Ainsworth, Emma, Shi, Liang, Fredrickson, Jim, Zachara, John, Butt, Julea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9624-5226, Richardson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6847-1832 and Clarke, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6234-1914 (2015) Redox linked flavin sites in extracellular decaheme proteins involved in microbe-mineral electron transfer. Scientific Reports, 5. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

Extracellular microbe-mineral electron transfer is a major driving force for the oxidation of organic carbon in many subsurface environments. Extracellular multi-heme cytochromes of the Shewenella genus play a major role in this process but the mechanism of electron exchange at the interface between cytochrome and acceptor is widely debated. The 1.8 Å x-ray crystal structure of the decaheme MtrC revealed a highly conserved CX8C disulfide that, when substituted for AX8A, severely compromised the ability of S. oneidensis to grow under aerobic conditions. Reductive cleavage of the disulfide in the presence of flavin mononucleotide (FMN) resulted in the reversible formation of a stable flavocytochrome. Similar results were also observed with other decaheme cytochromes, OmcA, MtrF and UndA. The data suggest that these decaheme cytochromes can transition between highly reactive flavocytochromes or less reactive cytochromes, and that this transition is controlled by a redox active disulfide that responds to the presence of oxygen.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: mtrc,cytochrome,flavin,shewanella,mineral respiration,metal reduction
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry


Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular Microbiology
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biophysical Chemistry (former - to 2017)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy
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 > Organisms and the Environment
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Energy Materials Laboratory
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Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 17 Mar 2016 13:32
Last Modified: 09 Mar 2024 00:45
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/57548
DOI: 10.1038/srep11677

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