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JOURNAL OF BIOENERGETICS AND BIOMEMBRANES
Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 65-75Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOBB.0000019599.43969.33
Keywords
hydrogen; [NiFe] hydrogenase; NADH : quinone oxidoreductase; complex I; methanogenic archaea; carbon monoxide dehydrogenase; iron-sulfur proteins
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[NiFe] hydrogenases are well-characterized enzymes that have a key function in the H-2 metabolism of various microorganisms. In the recent years a subfamily of [NiFe] hydrogenases with unique properties has been identified. The members of this family form multisubunit membrane-bound enzyme complexes composed of at least four hydrophilic and two integral membrane proteins. These six conserved subunits, which built the core of these hydrogenases, have closely related counterparts in energy-conserving NADH: quinone oxidoreductases (complex I). However, the reaction catalyzed by these hydrogenases differs significantly from the reaction catalyzed by complex I. For some of these hydrogenases the physiological role is to catalyze the reduction of H+ with electrons derived from reduced ferredoxins or polyferredoxins. This exergonic reaction is coupled to energy conservation by means of electron-transport phosphorylation. Other members of this hydrogenase family mainly function to provide the cell with reduced ferredoxin with H-2 as electron donor in a reaction driven by reverse electron transport. As complex I these hydrogenases function as ion pumps and have therefore been designated as energy-converting [NiFe] hydrogenases.
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