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Outer membrane cytochromes/flavin interactions in Shewanella spp.-A molecular perspective. Biointerphases 2017; 12:021004. [PMID: 28565913 DOI: 10.1116/1.4984007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is intrinsically associated with the core phenomena of energy harvesting/energy conversion in natural ecosystems and biotechnology applications. However, the mechanisms associated with EET are complex and involve molecular interactions that take place at the "bionano interface" where biotic/abiotic interactions are usually explored. This work provides molecular perspective on the electron transfer mechanism(s) employed by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Molecular docking simulations were used to explain the interfacial relationships between two outer-membrane cytochromes (OMC) OmcA and MtrC and riboflavin (RF) and flavin mononucleotide (FMN), respectively. OMC-flavin interactions were analyzed by studying the electrostatic potential, the hydrophilic/hydrophobic surface properties, and the van der Waals surface of the OMC proteins. As a result, it was proposed that the interactions between flavins and OMCs are based on geometrical recognition event. The possible docking positions of RF and FMN to OmcA and MtrC were also shown.
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Han R, Li X, Wu Y, Li F, Liu T. In situ spectral kinetics of quinone reduction by c-type cytochromes in intact Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 cells. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Tkach O, Sangeetha T, Maria S, Wang A. Performance of low temperature Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) catalyzed by mixed bacterial consortia. J Environ Sci (China) 2017; 52:284-292. [PMID: 28254049 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2016.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) are a promising technology for treating wastewater in a sustainable manner. In potential applications, low temperatures substantially reduce MFC performance. To better understand the effect of temperature and particularly how bioanodes respond to changes in temperature, we investigated the current generation of mixed-culture and pure-culture MFCs at two low temperatures, 10°C and 5°C. The results implied that the mixed-culture MFC sustainably performed better than the pure-culture (Shewanella) MFC at 10°C, but the electrogenic activity of anodic bacteria was substantially reduced at the lower temperature of 5°C. At 10°C, the maximum output voltage generated with the mixed-culture was 540-560mV, which was 10%-15% higher than that of Shewanella MFCs. The maximum power density reached 465.3±5.8mW/m2 for the mixed-culture at 10°C, while only 68.7±3.7mW/m2 was achieved with the pure-culture. It was shown that the anodic biofilm of the mixed-culture MFC had a lower overpotential and resistance than the pure-culture MFC. Phylogenetic analysis disclosed the prevalence of Geobacter and Pseudomonas rather than Shewanella in the mixed-culture anodic biofilm, which mitigated the increase of resistance or overpotential at low temperatures.
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- Olga Tkach
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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- Krasnoyarsk State Institution of Railway Vehicles, Krasnoyarsk 660028, Russia
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
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Extracellular Electron Transfer and Biosensors. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2017; 167:15-38. [PMID: 29071406 DOI: 10.1007/10_2017_34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This chapter summarizes in the beginning our current understanding of extracellular electron transport processes in organisms belonging to the genera Shewanella and Geobacter. Organisms belonging to these genera developed strategies to transport respiratory electrons to the cell surface that are defined by modules of which some seem to be rather unique for one or the other genus while others are similar. We use this overview regarding our current knowledge of extracellular electron transfer to explain the physiological interaction of microorganisms in direct interspecies electron transfer, a process in which one organism basically comprises the electron acceptor for another microbe and that depends also on extended electron transport chains. This analysis of mechanisms for the transport of respiratory electrons to insoluble electron acceptors ends with an overview of questions that remain so far unanswered. Moreover, we use the description of the biochemistry of extracellular electron transport to explain the fundamentals of biosensors based on this process and give an overview regarding their status of development and applicability. Graphical Abstract.
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Ainsworth EV, Lockwood CWJ, White GF, Hwang ET, Sakai T, Gross MA, Richardson DJ, Clarke TA, Jeuken LJC, Reisner E, Butt JN. Photoreduction of Shewanella oneidensis Extracellular Cytochromes by Organic Chromophores and Dye-Sensitized TiO 2. Chembiochem 2016; 17:2324-2333. [PMID: 27685371 PMCID: PMC5215560 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The transfer of photoenergized electrons from extracellular photosensitizers across a bacterial cell envelope to drive intracellular chemical transformations represents an attractive way to harness nature's catalytic machinery for solar-assisted chemical synthesis. In Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 (MR-1), trans-outer-membrane electron transfer is performed by the extracellular cytochromes MtrC and OmcA acting together with the outer-membrane-spanning porin⋅cytochrome complex (MtrAB). Here we demonstrate photoreduction of solutions of MtrC, OmcA, and the MtrCAB complex by soluble photosensitizers: namely, eosin Y, fluorescein, proflavine, flavin, and adenine dinucleotide, as well as by riboflavin and flavin mononucleotide, two compounds secreted by MR-1. We show photoreduction of MtrC and OmcA adsorbed on RuII -dye-sensitized TiO2 nanoparticles and that these protein-coated particles perform photocatalytic reduction of solutions of MtrC, OmcA, and MtrCAB. These findings provide a framework for informed development of strategies for using the outer-membrane-associated cytochromes of MR-1 for solar-driven microbial synthesis in natural and engineered bacteria.
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- Emma V. Ainsworth
- School of ChemistryUniversity of East AngliaNorwich Research ParkNorfolkNR4 7TJUK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of East AngliaNorwich Research ParkNorfolkNR4 7TJUK
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of East AngliaNorwich Research ParkNorfolkNR4 7TJUK
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- School of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of LeedsLeedsLS2 9JTUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of CambridgeLensfield RoadCambridgeCB2 1EWUK
- Present address: Suntory Foundation for Life SciencesKyoto619-0284Japan
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of CambridgeLensfield RoadCambridgeCB2 1EWUK
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of East AngliaNorwich Research ParkNorfolkNR4 7TJUK
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of East AngliaNorwich Research ParkNorfolkNR4 7TJUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of CambridgeLensfield RoadCambridgeCB2 1EWUK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of East AngliaNorwich Research ParkNorfolkNR4 7TJUK
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of East AngliaNorwich Research ParkNorfolkNR4 7TJUK
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Cheng Q, Call DF. Hardwiring microbes via direct interspecies electron transfer: mechanisms and applications. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2016; 18:968-80. [PMID: 27349520 DOI: 10.1039/c6em00219f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Multicellular microbial communities are important catalysts in engineered systems designed to treat wastewater, remediate contaminated sediments, and produce energy from biomass. Understanding the interspecies interactions within them is therefore essential to design effective processes. The flow of electrons within these communities is especially important in the determination of reaction possibilities (thermodynamics) and rates (kinetics). Conventional models of electron transfer incorporate the diffusion of metabolites generated by one organism and consumed by a second, frequently referred to as mediated interspecies electron transfer (MIET). Evidence has emerged in the last decade that another method, called direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET), may occur between organisms or in conjunction with electrically conductive materials. Recent research has suggested that DIET can be stimulated in engineered systems to improve desired treatment goals and energy recovery in systems such as anaerobic digesters and microbial electrochemical technologies. In this review, we summarize the latest understanding of DIET mechanisms, the associated microorganisms, and the underlying thermodynamics. We also critically examine approaches to stimulate DIET in engineered systems and assess their effectiveness. We find that in most cases attempts to promote DIET in mixed culture systems do not yield the improvements expected based on defined culture studies. Uncertainties of other processes that may be co-occurring in real systems, such as contaminant sorption and biofilm promotion, need to be further investigated. We conclude by identifying areas of future research related to DIET and its application in biological treatment processes.
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- Qiwen Cheng
- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7908, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7908, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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Oram J, Jeuken LJC. A Re-evaluation of Electron-Transfer Mechanisms in Microbial Electrochemistry: Shewanella Releases Iron that Mediates Extracellular Electron Transfer. ChemElectroChem 2016; 3:829-835. [PMID: 27668145 PMCID: PMC5021177 DOI: 10.1002/celc.201500505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Exoelectrogenic bacteria can couple their metabolism to extracellular electron acceptors, including macroscopic electrodes, and this has applications in energy production, bioremediation and biosensing. Optimisation of these technologies relies on a detailed molecular understanding of extracellular electron‐transfer (EET) mechanisms, and Shewanella oneidensis MR‐1 (MR‐1) has become a model organism for such fundamental studies. Here, cyclic voltammetry was used to determine the relationship between the surface chemistry of electrodes (modified gold, ITO and carbon electrodes) and the EET mechanism. On ultra‐smooth gold electrodes modified with self‐assembled monolayers containing carboxylic‐acid‐terminated thiols, an EET pathway dominates with an oxidative catalytic onset at 0.1 V versus SHE. Addition of iron(II)chloride enhances the catalytic current, whereas the siderophore deferoxamine abolishes this signal, leading us to conclude that this pathway proceeds via an iron mediated electron transfer mechanism. The same EET pathway is observed at other electrodes, but the onset potential is dependent on the electrolyte composition and electrode surface chemistry. EET pathways with onset potentials above −0.1 V versus SHE have previously been ascribed to direct electron‐transfer (DET) mechanisms through the surface exposed decaheme cytochromes (MtrC/OmcA) of MR‐1. In light of the results reported here, we propose that the previously identified DET mechanism of MR‐1 needs to be re‐evaluated.
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- Joseph Oram
- School of Biomedical Sciences and the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK
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Santos TC, Silva MA, Morgado L, Dantas JM, Salgueiro CA. Diving into the redox properties of Geobacter sulfurreducens cytochromes: a model for extracellular electron transfer. Dalton Trans 2016; 44:9335-44. [PMID: 25906375 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt00556f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Geobacter bacteria have a remarkable respiratory versatility that includes the dissimilatory reduction of insoluble metal oxides in natural habitats and electron transfer to electrode surfaces from which electricity can be harvested. In both cases, electrons need to be exported from the cell interior to the exterior via a mechanism designated as extracellular electron transfer (EET). Several c-type cytochromes from G. sulfurreducens (Gs) were identified as key players in this process. Biochemical and biophysical data have been obtained for ten Gs cytochromes, including inner-membrane associated (MacA), periplasmic (PpcA, PpcB, PpcC, PpcD, PpcE and GSU1996) and outer membrane-associated (OmcF, OmcS and OmcZ). The redox properties of these cytochromes have been determined, except for PpcC and GSU1996. In this perspective, the reduction potentials of these two cytochromes were determined by potentiometric redox titrations followed by visible spectroscopy. The data obtained are taken together with those available for other key cytochromes to present a thorough overview of the current knowledge of Gs EET mechanisms and provide a possible rationalization for the existence of several multiheme cytochromes involved in the same respiratory pathways.
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- Telma C Santos
- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
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White GF, Edwards MJ, Gomez-Perez L, Richardson DJ, Butt JN, Clarke TA. Mechanisms of Bacterial Extracellular Electron Exchange. Adv Microb Physiol 2016; 68:87-138. [PMID: 27134022 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The biochemical mechanisms by which microbes interact with extracellular soluble metal ions and insoluble redox-active minerals have been the focus of intense research over the last three decades. The process presents two challenges to the microorganism. Firstly, electrons have to be transported at the cell surface, which in Gram-negative bacteria presents an additional problem of electron transfer across the ~6nm of the outer membrane. Secondly, the electrons must be transferred to or from the terminal electron acceptors or donors. This review covers the known mechanisms that bacteria use to transport electrons across the cell envelope to external electron donors/acceptors. In Gram-negative bacteria, electron transfer across the outer membrane involves the use of an outer membrane β-barrel and cytochrome. These can be in the form of a porin-cytochrome protein, such as Cyc2 of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, or a multiprotein porin-cytochrome complex like MtrCAB of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. For mineral-respiring organisms, there is the additional challenge of transferring the electrons from the cell to mineral surface. For the strict anaerobe Geobacter sulfurreducens this requires electron transfer through conductive pili to associated cytochrome OmcS that directly reduces Fe(III)oxides, while the facultative anaerobe S. oneidensis MR-1 accomplishes mineral reduction through direct membrane contact, contact through filamentous extensions and soluble flavin shuttles, all of which require the outer membrane cytochromes MtrC and OmcA in addition to secreted flavin.
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- G F White
- School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom.
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Jin X, Wang F, Gu C, Yang X, Kengara FO, Bian Y, Song Y, Jiang X. The interactive biotic and abiotic processes of DDT transformation under dissimilatory iron-reducing conditions. CHEMOSPHERE 2015; 138:18-24. [PMID: 26025430 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2014] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The objective of the study was to elucidate the biotic and abiotic processes under dissimilatory iron reducing conditions involved in reductive dechlorination and iron reduction. DDT transformation was investigated in cultures of Shewanella putrefaciens 200 with/without α-FeOOH. A modified first-order kinetics model was developed and described DDT transformation well. Both the α-FeOOH reduction rate and the dechlorination rate of DDT were positively correlated to the biomass. Addition of α-FeOOH enhanced reductive dechlorination of DDT by favoring the cell survival and generating Fe(II) which was absorbed on the surface of bacteria and iron oxide. 92% of the absorbed Fe(II) was Na-acetate (1M) extractable. However, α-FeOOH also played a negative role of competing for electrons as reflected by the dechlorination rate of DDT was inhibited when increasing the α-FeOOH from 1 g L(-1) to 5 g L(-1). DDT was measured to be toxic to S. putrefaciens 200. The metabolites DDD, DDE and DDMU were recalcitrant to S. putrefaciens 200. The results suggested that iron oxide was not the key factor to promote the dissipation of DDX (DDT and the metabolites), whereas the one-electron reduction potential (E1) of certain organochlorines is the main factor and that the E1 higher than the threshold of the reductive driving forces of DIRB probably ensures the occur of reductive dechlorination.
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- Xin Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
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Kracke F, Vassilev I, Krömer JO. Microbial electron transport and energy conservation - the foundation for optimizing bioelectrochemical systems. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:575. [PMID: 26124754 PMCID: PMC4463002 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 313] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Microbial electrochemical techniques describe a variety of emerging technologies that use electrode–bacteria interactions for biotechnology applications including the production of electricity, waste and wastewater treatment, bioremediation and the production of valuable products. Central in each application is the ability of the microbial catalyst to interact with external electron acceptors and/or donors and its metabolic properties that enable the combination of electron transport and carbon metabolism. And here also lies the key challenge. A wide range of microbes has been discovered to be able to exchange electrons with solid surfaces or mediators but only a few have been studied in depth. Especially electron transfer mechanisms from cathodes towards the microbial organism are poorly understood but are essential for many applications such as microbial electrosynthesis. We analyze the different electron transport chains that nature offers for organisms such as metal respiring bacteria and acetogens, but also standard biotechnological organisms currently used in bio-production. Special focus lies on the essential connection of redox and energy metabolism, which is often ignored when studying bioelectrochemical systems. The possibility of extracellular electron exchange at different points in each organism is discussed regarding required redox potentials and effect on cellular redox and energy levels. Key compounds such as electron carriers (e.g., cytochromes, ferredoxin, quinones, flavins) are identified and analyzed regarding their possible role in electrode–microbe interactions. This work summarizes our current knowledge on electron transport processes and uses a theoretical approach to predict the impact of different modes of transfer on the energy metabolism. As such it adds an important piece of fundamental understanding of microbial electron transport possibilities to the research community and will help to optimize and advance bioelectrochemical techniques.
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- Frauke Kracke
- Centre for Microbial Electrochemical Systems, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia ; Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Microbial Electrochemical Systems, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia ; Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Microbial Electrochemical Systems, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia ; Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia
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Yan H, Catania C, Bazan GC. Membrane-intercalating conjugated oligoelectrolytes: impact on bioelectrochemical systems. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2015; 27:2958-2973. [PMID: 25846107 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201500487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Conjugated oligoelectrolytes (COEs), molecules that are defined by a π-delocalized backbone and terminal ionic pendant groups, have been previously demonstrated to effectively reduce charge-injection/extraction barriers at metal/organic interfaces in thin-film organic-electronic devices. Recent studies demonstrate a spontaneous affinity of certain COEs to intercalate into, and align within, lipid bilayers in an ordered orientation, thereby allowing modification of membrane properties and the functions of microbes in bioelectrochemical and photosynthetic systems. Several reports have provided evidence of enhanced current generation and bioproduction. Mechanistic approaches suggest that COEs influence microbial extracellular electron transport to abiotic electrode surfaces via more than one proposed pathway, including direct electron transfer and meditated electron transfer. Molecular dynamics simulations as a function of molecular structure suggest that insertion of cationic COEs results in membrane thinning as the lipid phosphate head groups are drawn toward the center of the bilayer. Since variations in molecular structures, especially the length of the conjugated backbone, distribution of ionic groups, and hydrophobic substitutions, show an effect on their antimicrobial properties, preferential cell localization, and microbial selection, it is promising to further design novel membrane-intercalating molecules based on COEs for practical applications, including energy generation, environmental remediation, and antimicrobial treatment.
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- Hengjing Yan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Materials, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
- Department of Materials, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
- King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Hwang ET, Sheikh K, Orchard KL, Hojo D, Radu V, Lee CY, Ainsworth E, Lockwood C, Gross MA, Adschiri T, Reisner E, Butt JN, Jeuken LJC. A Decaheme Cytochrome as a Molecular Electron Conduit in Dye-Sensitized Photoanodes. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 2015; 25:2308-2315. [PMID: 26180522 PMCID: PMC4493899 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201404541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Revised: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In nature, charge recombination in light-harvesting reaction centers is minimized by efficient charge separation. Here, it is aimed to mimic this by coupling dye-sensitized TiO2 nanocrystals to a decaheme protein, MtrC from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, where the 10 hemes of MtrC form a ≈7-nm-long molecular wire between the TiO2 and the underlying electrode. The system is assembled by forming a densely packed MtrC film on an ultra-flat gold electrode, followed by the adsorption of approximately 7 nm TiO2 nanocrystals that are modified with a phosphonated bipyridine Ru(II) dye (RuP). The step-by-step construction of the MtrC/TiO2 system is monitored with (photo)electrochemistry, quartz-crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Photocurrents are dependent on the redox state of the MtrC, confirming that electrons are transferred from the TiO2 nanocrystals to the surface via the MtrC conduit. In other words, in these TiO2/MtrC hybrid photodiodes, MtrC traps the conduction-band electrons from TiO2 before transferring them to the electrode, creating a photobioelectrochemical system in which a redox protein is used to mimic the efficient charge separation found in biological photosystems.
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- Ee Taek Hwang
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK E-mail: ; The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK E-mail: ; The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK E-mail: ; Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan E-mail:
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan E-mail:
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK E-mail: ; The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK E-mail:
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK E-mail:
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK E-mail:
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK E-mail:
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- Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan E-mail:
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK E-mail:
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK E-mail:
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK E-mail: ; The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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Genetic and biochemical investigations of the role of MamP in redox control of iron biomineralization in Magnetospirillum magneticum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:3904-9. [PMID: 25775527 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1417614112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Magnetotactic bacteria have evolved complex subcellular machinery to construct linear chains of magnetite nanocrystals that allow the host cell to sense direction. Each mixed-valent iron nanoparticle is mineralized from soluble iron within a membrane-encapsulated vesicle termed the magnetosome, which serves as a specialized compartment that regulates the iron, redox, and pH environment of the growing mineral. To dissect the biological components that control this process, we have carried out a genetic and biochemical study of proteins proposed to function in iron mineralization. In this study, we show that the redox sites of c-type cytochromes of the Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 magnetosome island, MamP and MamT, are essential to their physiological function and that ablation of one or both heme motifs leads to loss of function, suggesting that their ability to carry out redox chemistry in vivo is important. We also develop a method to heterologously express fully heme-loaded MamP from AMB-1 for in vitro biochemical studies, which show that its Fe(III)-Fe(II) redox couple is set at an unusual potential (-89 ± 11 mV) compared with other related cytochromes involved in iron reduction or oxidation. Despite its low reduction potential, it remains competent to oxidize Fe(II) to Fe(III) and mineralize iron to produce mixed-valent iron oxides. Finally, in vitro mineralization experiments suggest that Mms mineral-templating peptides from AMB-1 can modulate the iron redox chemistry of MamP.
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Kokhan O, Ponomarenko NS, Pokkuluri PR, Schiffer M, Mulfort KL, Tiede DM. Bidirectional Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Ruthenium(II)-Tris-bipyridyl-Modified PpcA, a Multi-heme c-Type Cytochrome from Geobacter sulfurreducens. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:7612-24. [PMID: 25731703 DOI: 10.1021/jp511558f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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PpcA, a tri-heme cytochrome c7 from Geobacter sulfurreducens, was investigated as a model for photosensitizer-initiated electron transfer within a multi-heme "molecular wire" protein architecture. Escherichia coli expression of PpcA was found to be tolerant of cysteine site-directed mutagenesis, demonstrated by the successful expression of natively folded proteins bearing cysteine mutations at a series of sites selected to vary characteristically with respect to the three -CXXCH- heme binding domains. The introduced cysteines readily reacted with Ru(II)-(2,2'-bpy)2(4-bromomethyl-4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridine) to form covalently linked constructs that support both photo-oxidative and photo-reductive quenching of the photosensitizer excited state, depending upon the initial heme redox state. Excited-state electron-transfer times were found to vary from 6 × 10(-12) to 4 × 10(-8) s, correlated with the distance and pathways for electron transfer. The fastest rate is more than 10(3)-fold faster than previously reported for photosensitizer-redox protein constructs using amino acid residue linking. Clear evidence for inter-heme electron transfer within the multi-heme protein is not detected within the lifetimes of the charge-separated states. These results demonstrate an opportunity to develop multi-heme c-cytochromes for investigation of electron transfer in protein "molecular wires" and to serve as frameworks for metalloprotein designs that support multiple-electron-transfer redox chemistry.
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- Oleksandr Kokhan
- †Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division and ‡Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- †Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division and ‡Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- †Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division and ‡Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- †Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division and ‡Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- †Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division and ‡Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- †Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division and ‡Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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Tikhonova TV, Popov VO. Structural and functional studies of multiheme cytochromes c involved in extracellular electron transport in bacterial dissimilatory metal reduction. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2015; 79:1584-601. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297914130094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ding CM, Lv ML, Zhu Y, Jiang L, Liu H. Wettability-Regulated Extracellular Electron Transfer from the Living Organism ofShewanella loihicaPV-4. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 54:1446-51. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201409163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Revised: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ding CM, Lv ML, Zhu Y, Jiang L, Liu H. Wettability-Regulated Extracellular Electron Transfer from the Living Organism ofShewanella loihicaPV-4. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201409163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Yin J, Jin M, Zhang H, Ju L, Zhang L, Gao H. Regulation of nitrite resistance of the cytochrome cbb3 oxidase by cytochrome c ScyA in Shewanella oneidensis. Microbiologyopen 2014; 4:84-99. [PMID: 25417822 PMCID: PMC4335978 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Revised: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Cytochrome c proteins, as enzymes to exchange electrons with substrates or as pure electron carriers to shuttle electrons, play vital roles in bacterial respiration and photosynthesis. In Shewanella oneidensis, a research model for the respiratory diversity, at least 42 c-type cytochromes are predicted to be encoded in the genome and are regarded to be the foundation of its highly branched electron transport pathways. However, only a small number of c-type cytochromes have been extensively studied. In this study, we identify soluble cytochrome c ScyA as an important factor influencing the nitrite resistance of a strain devoid of the bd oxidase by utilizing a newly developed transposon mutagenesis vector, which enables overexpression of the gene(s) downstream of the insertion site. We show that when in overabundance ScyA facilitates growth against nitrite inhibition by enhancing nitrite resistance of the cbb3 oxidase. Based on the data presented in this study, we suggest two possible mechanisms underlying the observed effect of ScyA: (1) ScyA increases electron flow to the cbb3 oxidase; (2) ScyA promotes nitrite resistance of the cbb3 oxidase, possibly by direct interaction.
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- Jianhua Yin
- Institute of Microbiology and College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations and Molecular Conductance Measurements of the Bacterial Decaheme Cytochrome MtrF. ChemElectroChem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201402211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Electroactive bacteria—molecular mechanisms and genetic tools. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:8481-95. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6005-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Revised: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Wu Y, Liu T, Li X, Li F. Exogenous electron shuttle-mediated extracellular electron transfer of Shewanella putrefaciens 200: electrochemical parameters and thermodynamics. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2014; 48:9306-9314. [PMID: 25058026 DOI: 10.1021/es5017312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Despite the importance of exogenous electron shuttles (ESs) in extracellular electron transfer (EET), a lack of understanding of the key properties of ESs is a concern given their different influences on EET processes. Here, the ES-mediated EET capacity of Shewanella putrefaciens 200 (SP200) was evaluated by examining the electricity generated in a microbial fuel cell. The results indicated that all the ESs substantially accelerated the current generation compared to only SP200. The current and polarization parameters were linearly correlated with both the standard redox potential (E(ES)(0)) and the electron accepting capacity (EAC) of the ESs. A thermodynamic analysis of the electron transfer from the electron donor to the electrode suggested that the EET from c-type cytochromes (c-Cyts) to ESs is a crucial step causing the differences in EET capacities among various ESs. Based on the derived equations, both E(ES)(0) and EAC can quantitatively determine potential losses (ΔE) that reflect the potential loss of the ES-mediated EET. In situ spectral kinetic analysis of ES reduction by c-Cyts in a living SP200 suspension was first investigated with the E(ES), E(c-Cyt), and ΔE values being calculated. This study can provide a comprehensive understanding of the role of ESs in EET.
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- Yundang Wu
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment Pollution Integrated Control, Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental and Soil Sciences , Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Yang Y, Xiang Y, Xia C, Wu WM, Sun G, Xu M. Physiological and electrochemical effects of different electron acceptors on bacterial anode respiration in bioelectrochemical systems. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2014; 164:270-275. [PMID: 24862003 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.04.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Revised: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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To understand the interactions between bacterial electrode respiration and the other ambient bacterial electron acceptor reductions, alternative electron acceptors (nitrate, Fe2O3, fumarate, azo dye MB17) were added singly or multiply into Shewanella decolorationis microbial fuel cells (MFCs). All the added electron acceptors were reduced simultaneously with current generation. Adding nitrate or MB17 resulted in more rapid cell growth, higher flavin concentration and higher biofilm metabolic viability, but lower columbic efficiency (CE) and normalized energy recovery (NER) while the CE and NER were enhanced by Fe2O3 or fumarate. The added electron acceptors also significantly influenced the cyclic voltammetry profile of anode biofilm probably via altering the cytochrome c expression. The highest power density was observed in MFCs added with MB17 due to the electron shuttle role of the naphthols from MB17 reduction. The results provided important information for MFCs applied in practical environments where contains various electron acceptors.
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- Yonggang Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Center for Sustainable Development & Global Competitiveness, Stanford University, Stanford 94305-4020, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, China.
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Qian F, Wang H, Ling Y, Wang G, Thelen MP, Li Y. Photoenhanced electrochemical interaction between Shewanella and a hematite nanowire photoanode. NANO LETTERS 2014; 14:3688-93. [PMID: 24875432 DOI: 10.1021/nl501664n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Here we report the investigation of interplay between light, a hematite nanowire-arrayed photoelectrode, and Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 in a solar-assisted microbial photoelectrochemical system (solar MPS). Whole cell electrochemistry and microbial fuel cell (MFC) characterization of Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 showed that these cells cultured under (semi)anaerobic conditions expressed substantial c-type cytochrome outer membrane proteins, exhibited well-defined redox peaks, and generated bioelectricity in a MFC device. Cyclic voltammogram studies of hematite nanowire electrodes revealed active electron transfer at the hematite/cell interface. Notably, under a positive bias and light illumination, the hematite electrode immersed in a live cell culture was able to produce 150% more photocurrent than that in the abiotic control of medium or dead culture, suggesting a photoenhanced electrochemical interaction between hematite and Shewanella. The enhanced photocurrent was attributed to the additional redox species associated with MR-1 cells that are more thermodynamically favorable to be oxidized than water. Long-term operation of the hematite solar MPS with light on/off cycles showed stable current generation up to 2 weeks. Fluorescent optical microscope and scanning electron microscope imaging revealed that the top of the hematite nanowire arrays were covered by a biofilm, and iron determination colorimetric assay revealed 11% iron loss after a 10-day operation. To our knowledge, this is the first report on interfacing a photoanode directly with electricigens in a MFC system. Such a system could open up new possibilities in solar-microbial device that can harvest solar energy and recycle biomass simultaneously to treat wastewater, produce electricity, and chemical fuels in a self-sustained manner.
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- Fang Qian
- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories , Livermore, California 94550, United States
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Liang B, Cheng H, Van Nostrand JD, Ma J, Yu H, Kong D, Liu W, Ren N, Wu L, Wang A, Lee DJ, Zhou J. Microbial community structure and function of nitrobenzene reduction biocathode in response to carbon source switchover. WATER RESEARCH 2014; 54:137-148. [PMID: 24565804 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2013] [Revised: 01/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The stress of poised cathode potential condition and carbon source switchover for functional biocathode microbial community influences is poorly understood. Using high-throughput functional gene array (GeoChip v4.2) and Illumina 16S rRNA gene MiSeq sequencing, we investigated the phylogenetic and functional microbial community of the initial inoculum and biocathode for bioelectrochemical reduction of nitrobenzene to less toxic aniline in response to carbon source switchover (from organic glucose to inorganic bicarbonate). Selective transformation of nitrobenzene to aniline maintained in the bicarbonate fed biocathode although nitrobenzene reduction rate and aniline formation rate were significantly decreased compared to those of the glucose-fed biocathode. When the electrical circuit of the glucose-fed biocathode was disconnected, both rates of nitrobenzene reduction and of aniline formation were markedly decreased, confirming the essential role of an applied electric field for the enhancement of nitrobenzene reduction. The stress of poised cathode potential condition led to clear succession of microbial communities from the initial inoculum to biocathode and the carbon source switchover obviously changed the microbial community structure of biocathode. Most of the dominant genera were capable of reducing nitroaromatics to the corresponding aromatic amines regardless of the performance mode. Heterotrophic Enterococcus was dominant in the glucose-fed biocathode while autotrophic Paracoccus and Variovorax were dominant in the bicarbonate-fed biocathode. Relatively higher intensity of diverse multi-heme cytochrome c (putatively involved in electrons transfer) and carbon fixation genes was observed in the biocarbonate-fed biocathode, likely met the requirement of the energy conservation and maintained the nitrobenzene selective reduction capability after carbon source switchover. Extracellular pilin, which are important for biofilm formation and potential conductivity, had a higher gene abundance in the glucose-fed biocathode might explain the enhancement of electro-catalysis activity for nitrobenzene reduction with glucose supply. Dominant nitroaromatics-reducing or electrochemically active bacteria and diverse functional genes related to electrons transfer and nitroaromatics reduction were associated with nitrobenzene reduction efficiency of biocathode communities in response to carbon source switchover.
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- Bin Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China; Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China; Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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- Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA; State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Liu J, Chakraborty S, Hosseinzadeh P, Yu Y, Tian S, Petrik I, Bhagi A, Lu Y. Metalloproteins containing cytochrome, iron-sulfur, or copper redox centers. Chem Rev 2014; 114:4366-469. [PMID: 24758379 PMCID: PMC4002152 DOI: 10.1021/cr400479b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 560] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Jing Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
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Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
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Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
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Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
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Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
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Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
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Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
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Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics
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Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Edwards MJ, Baiden NA, Johs A, Tomanicek SJ, Liang L, Shi L, Fredrickson JK, Zachara JM, Gates AJ, Butt JN, Richardson DJ, Clarke TA. The X-ray crystal structure of Shewanella oneidensis OmcA reveals new insight at the microbe-mineral interface. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:1886-90. [PMID: 24747425 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Revised: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The X-ray crystal structure of Shewanella oneidensis OmcA, an extracellular decaheme cytochrome involved in mineral reduction, was solved to a resolution of 2.7 Å. The four OmcA molecules in the asymmetric unit are arranged so the minimum distance between heme 5 on adjacent OmcA monomers is 9 Å, indicative of a transient OmcA dimer capable of intermolecular electron transfer. A previously identified hematite binding motif was identified near heme 10, forming a hydroxylated surface that would bring a heme 10 electron egress site to ∼10 Å of a mineral surface.
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- Marcus J Edwards
- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom.
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom.
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Kirchhofer ND, Chen X, Marsili E, Sumner JJ, Dahlquist FW, Bazan GC. The conjugated oligoelectrolyte DSSN+ enables exceptional coulombic efficiency via direct electron transfer for anode-respiring Shewanella oneidensis MR-1—a mechanistic study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:20436-43. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03197k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Biofilm electrochemistry reveals that DSSN+ increases coulombic efficiency by enhancing the native direct electron transfer pathway of S. oneidensis MR-1.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of California
- Santa Barbara, USA
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- Marine and Environmental Sensing Technology Hub
- Dublin City University
- Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate
- U.S. Army Research Laboratory
- Adelphi, USA
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- Department of Materials
- University of California
- Santa Barbara, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of California
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McMillan DGG, Marritt SJ, Kemp GL, Gordon-Brown P, Butt JN, Jeuken LJC. The Impact of Enzyme Orientation and Electrode Topology on the Catalytic Activity of Adsorbed Redox Enzymes. Electrochim Acta 2013; 110:79-85. [PMID: 24634538 DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.01.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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It is well established that the structural details of electrodes and their interaction with adsorbed enzyme influences the interfacial electron transfer rate. However, for nanostructured electrodes, it is likely that the structure also impacts on substrate flux near the adsorbed enzymes and thus catalytic activity. Furthermore, for enzymes converting macro-molecular substrates it is possible that the enzyme orientation determines the nature of interactions between the adsorbed enzyme and substrate and therefore catalytic rates. In essence the electrode may impede substrate access to the active site of the enzyme. We have tested these possibilities through studies of the catalytic performance of two enzymes adsorbed on topologically distinct electrode materials. Escherichia coli NrfA, a nitrite reductase, was adsorbed on mesoporous, nanocrystalline SnO2 electrodes. CymA from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 reduces menaquinone-7 within 200 nm sized liposomes and this reaction was studied with the enzyme adsorbed on SAM modified ultra-flat gold electrodes.
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- Duncan G G McMillan
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom. ; School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. ; School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. ; School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. ; School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. ; School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. ; School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom. ; School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Fu Q, Kobayashi H, Kawaguchi H, Wakayama T, Maeda H, Sato K. A thermophilic gram-negative nitrate-reducing bacterium, Calditerrivibrio nitroreducens, exhibiting electricity generation capability. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013; 47:12583-12590. [PMID: 24053548 DOI: 10.1021/es402749f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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To exploit the potential diversity of thermophilic exoelectrogens, two-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) were inoculated with thermophilic anaerobic digester sludge and operated at 55 °C without supplementing with exogenous redox mediator. The MFC generated a maximum power density of 823 mW m(-2) after 200 h of operation. Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggested that the microbial population on the anode was dominated by a species closely related to a thermophilic nitrate-reducing bacterium Calditerrivibrio nitroreducens, for which a strain (Yu37-1) has been isolated in pure culture. Thus, a pure culture of the C. nitroreducens strain Yu37-1 was inoculated into MFC to examine the electricity generation capability. Without an exogenous mediator, MFCs stably produced electricity with a maximum power density of 272 mW m(-2) for >400 h of operation. The MFC current recovered to the original level within few hours after medium replacement, suggesting that the electricity generation was caused by the anodic microorganisms. Cyclic voltammetry indicated that redox systems (E3 and Ec) with similar potentials (-0.14 and -0.17 V) made the main contributions to the exoelectrogenic activities of the sludge-derived consortium and C. nitroreducens Yu37-1, respectively. This study undertook the bioelectrochemical characterization of C. nitroreducens as the first example of a thermophilic Gram-negative exoelectrogen.
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- Qian Fu
- Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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Carmona-Martínez AA, Harnisch F, Kuhlicke U, Neu TR, Schröder U. Electron transfer and biofilm formation of Shewanella putrefaciens as function of anode potential. Bioelectrochemistry 2013; 93:23-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2012.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Revised: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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McMillan DGG, Marritt SJ, Firer-Sherwood MA, Shi L, Richardson DJ, Evans SD, Elliott SJ, Butt JN, Jeuken LJC. Protein-protein interaction regulates the direction of catalysis and electron transfer in a redox enzyme complex. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:10550-6. [PMID: 23799249 PMCID: PMC3823026 DOI: 10.1021/ja405072z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Protein–protein interactions
are well-known to regulate
enzyme activity in cell signaling and metabolism. Here, we show that
protein–protein interactions regulate the activity of a respiratory-chain
enzyme, CymA, by changing the direction or bias of catalysis. CymA,
a member of the widespread NapC/NirT superfamily, is a menaquinol-7
(MQ-7) dehydrogenase that donates electrons to several distinct terminal
reductases in the versatile respiratory network of Shewanella oneidensis. We report the incorporation
of CymA within solid-supported membranes that mimic the inner membrane
architecture of S. oneidensis. Quartz-crystal
microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) resolved the formation of a
stable complex between CymA and one of its native redox partners,
flavocytochrome c3 (Fcc3) fumarate reductase.
Cyclic voltammetry revealed that CymA alone could only reduce MQ-7,
while the CymA-Fcc3 complex catalyzed the reaction required
to support anaerobic respiration, the oxidation of MQ-7. We propose
that MQ-7 oxidation in CymA is limited by electron transfer to the
hemes and that complex formation with Fcc3 facilitates
the electron-transfer rate along the heme redox chain. These results
reveal a yet unexplored mechanism by which bacteria can regulate multibranched
respiratory networks through protein–protein interactions.
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- Duncan G G McMillan
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Mind the gap: diversity and reactivity relationships among multihaem cytochromes of the MtrA/DmsE family. Biochem Soc Trans 2013; 40:1268-73. [PMID: 23176466 DOI: 10.1042/bst20120106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 has the ability to use many external terminal electron acceptors during anaerobic respiration, such as DMSO. The pathway that facilitates this electron transfer includes the decahaem cytochrome DmsE, a paralogue of the MtrA family of decahaem cytochromes. Although both DmsE and MtrA are decahaem cytochromes implicated in the long-range electron transfer across a ~300 Å (1 Å=0.1 nm) wide periplasmic 'gap', MtrA has been shown to be only 105 Å in maximal length. In the present paper, DmsE is further characterized via protein film voltammetry, revealing that the electrochemistry of the DmsE haem cofactors display macroscopic potentials lower than those of MtrA by 100 mV. It is possible this tuning of the redox potential of DmsE is required to shuttle electrons to the outer-membrane proteins specific to DMSO reduction. Other decahaem cytochromes found in S. oneidensis, such as the outer-membrane proteins MtrC, MtrF and OmcA, have been shown to have electrochemical properties similar to those of MtrA, yet possess a different evolutionary relationship.
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Peng S, Liang DW, Diao P, Liu Y, Lan F, Yang Y, Lu S, Xiang Y. Nernst-ping-pong model for evaluating the effects of the substrate concentration and anode potential on the kinetic characteristics of bioanode. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2013; 136:610-616. [PMID: 23567738 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Revised: 03/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/09/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Understanding the electron-transfer mechanism and kinetic characteristics of bioanodes is greatly significant to enhance the electron-generating efficiencies in bioelectrochemical systems (BESs). A Nernst-ping-pong model is proposed here to investigate the kinetics and biochemical processes of bioanodes in a microbial electrolysis cell. This model can accurately describe the effects of the substrate (including substrate inhibition) and the anode potential on the current of bioanodes. Results show that the half-wave potential positively shifts as the substrate concentration increases, indicating that the rate-determining steps of anodic processes change from substrate oxidation to intracellular electron transport reaction. The anode potential has negligible effects on the enzymatic catalysis of anodic microbes in the range of -0.25 V to +0.1 V vs. a saturated calomel electrode. It turns out that to reduce the anodic energy loss caused by overpotential, higher substrate concentrations are preferred, if the substrate do not significantly and adversely affect the output current.
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- Sikan Peng
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry & Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China
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Controlling electron transfer at the microbe-mineral interface. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:7537-8. [PMID: 23630260 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305244110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bewley KD, Ellis KE, Firer-Sherwood MA, Elliott SJ. Multi-heme proteins: nature's electronic multi-purpose tool. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2013; 1827:938-48. [PMID: 23558243 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Revised: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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While iron is often a limiting nutrient to Biology, when the element is found in the form of heme cofactors (iron protoporphyrin IX), living systems have excelled at modifying and tailoring the chemistry of the metal. In the context of proteins and enzymes, heme cofactors are increasingly found in stoichiometries greater than one, where a single protein macromolecule contains more than one heme unit. When paired or coupled together, these protein associated heme groups perform a wide variety of tasks, such as redox communication, long range electron transfer and storage of reducing/oxidizing equivalents. Here, we review recent advances in the field of multi-heme proteins, focusing on emergent properties of these complex redox proteins, and strategies found in Nature where such proteins appear to be modular and essential components of larger biochemical pathways. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Metals in Bioenergetics and Biomimetics Systems.
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- Kathryn D Bewley
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Kane AL, Bond DR, Gralnick JA. Electrochemical analysis of Shewanella oneidensis engineered to bind gold electrodes. ACS Synth Biol 2013; 2:93-101. [PMID: 23656372 DOI: 10.1021/sb300042w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Growth in three-electrode electrochemical cells allows quantitative analysis of mechanisms involved in electron flow from dissimilatory metal reducing bacteria to insoluble electron acceptors. In these systems, gold electrodes are a desirable surface to study the electrophysiology of extracellular respiration, yet previous research has shown that certain Shewanella species are unable to form productive biofilms on gold electrodes. To engineer attachment of Shewanella oneidensis to gold, five repeating units of a synthetic gold-binding peptide (5rGBP) were integrated within an Escherichia coli outer membrane protein, LamB, and displayed on the outer surface of S. oneidensis. Expression of LamB-5rGBP increased cellular attachment of S. oneidensis to unpoised gold surfaces but was also associated with the loss of certain outer membrane proteins required for extracellular respiration. Loss of these outer membrane proteins during expression of LamB-5rGBP decreased the rate at which S. oneidensis was able to reduce insoluble iron, riboflavin, and electrodes. Moreover, poising the gold electrode resulted in repulsion of the engineered cells. This study provides a strategy to specifically immobilize bacteria to electrodes while also outlining challenges involved in merging synthetic biology approaches with native cellular pathways and cell surface charge.
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- Aunica L. Kane
- BioTechnology
Institute and ‡Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota−Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota
55108, United States
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- BioTechnology
Institute and ‡Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota−Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota
55108, United States
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- BioTechnology
Institute and ‡Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota−Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota
55108, United States
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Genomic plasticity enables a secondary electron transport pathway in Shewanella oneidensis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 79:1150-9. [PMID: 23220953 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03556-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Microbial dissimilatory iron reduction is an important biogeochemical process. It is physiologically challenging because iron occurs in soils and sediments in the form of insoluble minerals such as hematite or ferrihydrite. Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 evolved an extended respiratory chain to the cell surface to reduce iron minerals. Interestingly, the organism evolved a similar strategy for reduction of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), which is reduced at the cell surface as well. It has already been established that electron transfer through the outer membrane is accomplished via a complex in which β-barrel proteins enable interprotein electron transfer between periplasmic oxidoreductases and cell surface-localized terminal reductases. MtrB is the β-barrel protein that is necessary for dissimilatory iron reduction. It forms a complex together with the periplasmic decaheme c-type cytochrome MtrA and the outer membrane decaheme c-type cytochrome MtrC. Consequently, mtrB deletion mutants are unable to reduce ferric iron. The data presented here show that this inability can be overcome by a mobile genomic element with the ability to activate the expression of downstream genes and which is inserted within the SO4362 gene of the SO4362-to-SO4357 gene cluster. This cluster carries genes similar to mtrA and mtrB and encoding a putative cell surface DMSO reductase. Expression of SO4359 and SO4360 alone was sufficient to complement not only an mtrB mutant under ferric citrate-reducing conditions but also a mutant that furthermore lacks any outer membrane cytochromes. Hence, the putative complex formed by the SO4359 and SO4360 gene products is capable not only of membrane-spanning electron transfer but also of reducing extracellular electron acceptors.
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Mind the gap: cytochrome interactions reveal electron pathways across the periplasm of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Biochem J 2012; 449:101-8. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20121467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Extracellular electron transfer is the key metabolic trait that enables some bacteria to play a significant role in the biogeochemical cycling of metals and in bioelectrochemical devices such as microbial fuel cells. In Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, electrons generated in the cytoplasm by catabolic processes must cross the periplasmic space to reach terminal oxidoreductases found at the cell surface. Lack of knowledge on how these electrons flow across the periplasmic space is one of the unresolved issues related with extracellular electron transfer. Using NMR to probe protein–protein interactions, kinetic measurements of electron transfer and electrostatic calculations, we were able to identify protein partners and their docking sites, and determine the dissociation constants. The results showed that both STC (small tetrahaem cytochrome c) and FccA (flavocytochrome c) interact with their redox partners, CymA and MtrA, through a single haem, avoiding the establishment of stable redox complexes capable of spanning the periplasmic space. Furthermore, we verified that the most abundant periplasmic cytochromes STC, FccA and ScyA (monohaem cytochrome c5) do not interact with each other and this is likely to be the consequence of negative surface charges in these proteins. This reveals the co-existence of two non-mixing redox pathways that lead to extracellular electron transfer in S. oneidensis MR-1 established through transient protein interactions.
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The quest to achieve the detailed structural and functional characterization of CymA. Biochem Soc Trans 2012; 40:1291-4. [PMID: 23176470 DOI: 10.1042/bst20120114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is a sediment organism capable of dissimilatory reduction of insoluble metal compounds such as those of Fe(II) and Mn(IV). This bacterium has been used as a model organism for potential applications in bioremediation of contaminated environments and in the production of energy in microbial fuel cells. The capacity of Shewanella to perform extracellular reduction of metals is linked to the action of several multihaem cytochromes that may be periplasmic or can be associated with the inner or outer membrane. One of these cytochromes is CymA, a membrane-bound tetrahaem cytochrome localized in the periplasm that mediates the electron transfer between the quinone pool in the cytoplasmic membrane and several periplasmic proteins. Although CymA has the capacity to regulate multiple anaerobic respiratory pathways, little is known about the structure and functional mechanisms of this focal protein. Understanding the structure and function of membrane proteins is hampered by inherent difficulties associated with their purification since the choice of the detergents play a critical role in the protein structure and stability. In the present mini-review, we detail the current state of the art in the characterization of CymA, and add recent information on haem structural behaviour for CymA solubilized in different detergents. These structural differences are deduced from NMR spectroscopy data that provide information on the geometry of the haem axial ligands. At least two different conformational forms of CymA are observed for different detergents, which seem to be related to the micelle size. These results provide guidance for the discovery of the most promising detergent that mimics the native lipid bilayer and is compatible with biochemical and structural studies.
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Jain A, Zhang X, Pastorella G, Connolly JO, Barry N, Woolley R, Krishnamurthy S, Marsili E. Electron transfer mechanism in Shewanella loihica PV-4 biofilms formed at graphite electrode. Bioelectrochemistry 2012; 87:28-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2011.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2011] [Revised: 12/21/2011] [Accepted: 12/26/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Richardson DJ, Butt JN, Fredrickson JK, Zachara JM, Shi L, Edwards MJ, White G, Baiden N, Gates AJ, Marritt SJ, Clarke TA. The 'porin-cytochrome' model for microbe-to-mineral electron transfer. Mol Microbiol 2012; 85:201-12. [PMID: 22646977 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08088.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Many species of bacteria can couple anaerobic growth to the respiratory reduction of insoluble minerals containing Fe(III) or Mn(III/IV). It has been suggested that in Shewanella species electrons cross the outer membrane to extracellular substrates via 'porin-cytochrome' electron transport modules. The molecular structure of an outer-membrane extracellular-facing deca-haem terminus for such a module has recently been resolved. It is debated how, once outside the cells, electrons are transferred from outer-membrane cytochromes to insoluble electron sinks. This may occur directly or by assemblies of cytochromes, perhaps functioning as 'nanowires', or via electron shuttles. Here we review recent work in this field and explore whether it allows for unification of the electron transport mechanisms supporting extracellular mineral respiration in Shewanella that may extend into other genera of Gram-negative bacteria.
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- David J Richardson
- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR47TJ, UK.
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Mitchell AC, Peterson L, Reardon CL, Reed SB, Culley DE, Romine MR, Geesey GG. Role of outer membrane c-type cytochromes MtrC and OmcA in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 cell production, accumulation, and detachment during respiration on hematite. GEOBIOLOGY 2012; 10:355-370. [PMID: 22360295 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00321.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The iron-reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 has the capacity to contribute to iron cycling over the long term by respiring on crystalline iron oxides such as hematite when poorly crystalline phases are depleted. The ability of outer membrane cytochromes OmcA and MtrC of MR-1 to bind to and transfer electrons to hematite has led to the suggestion that they function as terminal reductases when this mineral is used as a respiratory substrate. Differences in their redox behavior and hematite-binding properties, however, indicate that they play different roles in the electron transfer reaction. Here, we investigated how these differences in cytochrome behavior with respect to hematite affected biofilm development when the mineral served as terminal electron acceptor (TEA). Upon attachment to hematite, cells of the wild-type (WT) strain as well as those of a ΔomcA mutant but not those of a ΔmtrC mutant replicated and accumulated on the mineral surface. The results indicate that MtrC but not OmcA is required for growth when this mineral serves as TEA. While an OmcA deficiency did not impede cell replication and accumulation on hematite prior to achievement of a maximum surface cell density comparable to that established by WT cells, OmcA was required for efficient electron transfer and cell attachment to hematite once maximum surface cell density was achieved. OmcA may therefore play a role in overcoming barriers to electron transfer and cell attachment to hematite imposed by reductive dissolution of the mineral surface from cell respiration associated with achievement of high surface cell densities.
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- A C Mitchell
- Department of Microbiology and Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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Marritt SJ, Lowe TG, Bye J, McMillan DGG, Shi L, Fredrickson J, Zachara J, Richardson DJ, Cheesman MR, Jeuken LJC, Butt JN. A functional description of CymA, an electron-transfer hub supporting anaerobic respiratory flexibility in Shewanella. Biochem J 2012; 444:465-74. [PMID: 22458729 DOI: 10.1042/bj20120197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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CymA (tetrahaem cytochrome c) is a member of the NapC/NirT family of quinol dehydrogenases. Essential for the anaerobic respiratory flexibility of shewanellae, CymA transfers electrons from menaquinol to various dedicated systems for the reduction of terminal electron acceptors including fumarate and insoluble minerals of Fe(III). Spectroscopic characterization of CymA from Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 identifies three low-spin His/His co-ordinated c-haems and a single high-spin c-haem with His/H(2)O co-ordination lying adjacent to the quinol-binding site. At pH 7, binding of the menaquinol analogue, 2-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide, does not alter the mid-point potentials of the high-spin (approximately -240 mV) and low-spin (approximately -110, -190 and -265 mV) haems that appear biased to transfer electrons from the high- to low-spin centres following quinol oxidation. CymA is reduced with menadiol (E(m) = -80 mV) in the presence of NADH (E(m) = -320 mV) and an NADH-menadione (2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone) oxidoreductase, but not by menadiol alone. In cytoplasmic membranes reduction of CymA may then require the thermodynamic driving force from NADH, formate or H2 oxidation as the redox poise of the menaquinol pool in isolation is insufficient. Spectroscopic studies suggest that CymA requires a non-haem co-factor for quinol oxidation and that the reduced enzyme forms a 1:1 complex with its redox partner Fcc3 (flavocytochrome c3 fumarate reductase). The implications for CymA supporting the respiratory flexibility of shewanellae are discussed.
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- Sophie J Marritt
- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U.K
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McMillan DGG, Marritt SJ, Butt JN, Jeuken LJC. Menaquinone-7 is specific cofactor in tetraheme quinol dehydrogenase CymA. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:14215-25. [PMID: 22393052 PMCID: PMC3340143 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.348813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Little is known about enzymatic quinone-quinol interconversions in the lipid membrane when compared with our knowledge of substrate transformations by globular enzymes. Here, the smallest example of a quinol dehydrogenase in nature, CymA, has been studied. CymA is a monotopic membrane tetraheme c-type cytochrome belonging to the NapC/NirT family and central to anaerobic respiration in Shewanella sp. Using protein-film electrochemistry, it is shown that vesicle-bound menaquinone-7 is not only a substrate for this enzyme but is also required as a cofactor when converting other quinones. Here, we propose that the high concentration of quinones in the membrane negates the evolutionary pressure to create a high affinity active site. However, the instability and reactivity of reaction intermediate, semiquinone, might require a cofactor that functions to minimize damaging side reactions.
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- Duncan G G McMillan
- Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Coursolle D, Gralnick JA. Reconstruction of Extracellular Respiratory Pathways for Iron(III) Reduction in Shewanella Oneidensis Strain MR-1. Front Microbiol 2012; 3:56. [PMID: 22363330 PMCID: PMC3282943 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 is a facultative anaerobic bacterium capable of respiring a multitude of electron acceptors, many of which require the Mtr respiratory pathway. The core Mtr respiratory pathway includes a periplasmic c-type cytochrome (MtrA), an integral outer-membrane β-barrel protein (MtrB), and an outer-membrane-anchored c-type cytochrome (MtrC). Together, these components facilitate transfer of electrons from the c-type cytochrome CymA in the cytoplasmic membrane to electron acceptors at and beyond the outer-membrane. The genes encoding these core proteins have paralogs in the S. oneidensis genome (mtrB and mtrA each have four while mtrC has three) and some of the paralogs of mtrC and mtrA are able to form functional Mtr complexes. We demonstrate that of the additional three mtrB paralogs found in the S. oneidensis genome, only MtrE can replace MtrB to form a functional respiratory pathway to soluble iron(III) citrate. We also evaluate which mtrC/mtrA paralog pairs (a total of 12 combinations) are able to form functional complexes with endogenous levels of mtrB paralog expression. Finally, we reconstruct all possible functional Mtr complexes and test them in a S. oneidensis mutant strain where all paralogs have been eliminated from the genome. We find that each combination tested with the exception of MtrA/MtrE/OmcA is able to reduce iron(III) citrate at a level significantly above background. The results presented here have implications toward the evolution of anaerobic extracellular respiration in Shewanella and for future studies looking to increase the rates of substrate reduction for water treatment, bioremediation, or electricity production.
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- Dan Coursolle
- Department of Microbiology, BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota Twin Cities St. Paul, MN, USA
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Shi L, Rosso KM, Clarke TA, Richardson DJ, Zachara JM, Fredrickson JK. Molecular Underpinnings of Fe(III) Oxide Reduction by Shewanella Oneidensis MR-1. Front Microbiol 2012; 3:50. [PMID: 22363328 PMCID: PMC3279761 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2011] [Accepted: 01/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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In the absence of O2 and other electron acceptors, the Gram-negative bacterium Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 can use ferric [Fe(III)] (oxy)(hydr)oxide minerals as the terminal electron acceptors for anaerobic respiration. At circumneutral pH and in the absence of strong complexing ligands, Fe(III) oxides are relatively insoluble and thus are external to the bacterial cells. S. oneidensis MR-1 and related strains of metal-reducing Shewanella have evolved machinery (i.e., metal-reducing or Mtr pathway) for transferring electrons from the inner-membrane, through the periplasm and across the outer-membrane to the surface of extracellular Fe(III) oxides. The protein components identified to date for the Mtr pathway include CymA, MtrA, MtrB, MtrC, and OmcA. CymA is an inner-membrane tetraheme c-type cytochrome (c-Cyt) that belongs to the NapC/NrfH family of quinol dehydrogenases. It is proposed that CymA oxidizes the quinol in the inner-membrane and transfers the released electrons to MtrA either directly or indirectly through other periplasmic proteins. A decaheme c-Cyt, MtrA is thought to be embedded in the trans outer-membrane and porin-like protein MtrB. Together, MtrAB deliver the electrons through the outer-membrane to the MtrC and OmcA on the outmost bacterial surface. MtrC and OmcA are the outer-membrane decaheme c-Cyts that are translocated across the outer-membrane by the bacterial type II secretion system. Functioning as terminal reductases, MtrC and OmcA can bind the surface of Fe(III) oxides and transfer electrons directly to these minerals via their solvent-exposed hemes. To increase their reaction rates, MtrC and OmcA can use the flavins secreted by S. oneidensis MR-1 cells as diffusible co-factors for reduction of Fe(III) oxides. Because of their extracellular location and broad redox potentials, MtrC and OmcA can also serve as the terminal reductases for soluble forms of Fe(III). In addition to Fe(III) oxides, Mtr pathway is also involved in reduction of manganese oxides and other metals. Although our understanding of the Mtr pathway is still far from complete, it is the best characterized microbial pathway used for extracellular electron exchange. Characterizations of the Mtr pathway have made significant contributions to the molecular understanding of microbial reduction of Fe(III) oxides.
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- Liang Shi
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, WA, USA
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Dissimilatory reduction of extracellular electron acceptors in anaerobic respiration. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 78:913-21. [PMID: 22179232 DOI: 10.1128/aem.06803-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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An extension of the respiratory chain to the cell surface is necessary to reduce extracellular electron acceptors like ferric iron or manganese oxides. In the past few years, more and more compounds were revealed to be reduced at the surface of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, and the list does not seem to have an end so far. Shewanella as well as Geobacter strains are model organisms to discover the biochemistry that enables the dissimilatory reduction of extracellular electron acceptors. In both cases, c-type cytochromes are essential electron-transferring proteins. They make the journey of respiratory electrons from the cytoplasmic membrane through periplasm and over the outer membrane possible. Outer membrane cytochromes have the ability to catalyze the last step of the respiratory chains. Still, recent discoveries provided evidence that they are accompanied by further factors that allow or at least facilitate extracellular reduction. This review gives a condensed overview of our current knowledge of extracellular respiration, highlights recent discoveries, and discusses critically the influence of different strategies for terminal electron transfer reactions.
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Firer-Sherwood MA, Ando N, Drennan CL, Elliott SJ. Solution-based structural analysis of the decaheme cytochrome, MtrA, by small-angle X-ray scattering and analytical ultracentrifugation. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:11208-14. [PMID: 21838277 PMCID: PMC3178274 DOI: 10.1021/jp203603r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2011] [Revised: 08/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The potential exploitation of metal-reducing bacteria as a means for environmental cleanup or alternative fuel is an exciting prospect; however, the cellular processes that would allow for these applications need to be better understood. MtrA is a periplasmic decaheme c-type cytochrome from Shewanella oneidensis involved in the reduction of extracellular iron oxides and therefore is a critical element in Shewanella ability to engage in extracellular charge transfer. As a relatively small 333-residue protein, the heme content is surprisingly high. MtrA is believed to obtain electrons from the inner membrane-bound quinol oxidoreductase, CymA, and shuttle them across the outer membrane to MtrC, another decaheme cytochrome that directly interacts with insoluble metal oxides. How MtrA is able to perform this task is a question of interest. Here through the use of two solution-based techniques, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC), we present the first structural analysis of MtrA. Our results establish that between 0.5 and 4 mg/mL, MtrA exists as a monomeric protein that is shaped like an extended molecular "wire" with a maximum protein dimension (D(max)) of 104 Å and a rod-like aspect ratio of 2.2 to 2.5. This study contributes to a greater understanding of how MtrA fulfills its role in the redox processes that must occur before electrons reach the outside of the cell.
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- Mackenzie A. Firer-Sherwood
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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