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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS
Volume 1555, Issue 1-3, Pages 37-43Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2728(02)00251-7
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Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; bc(1) complex; reverse electron transfer; cytochrome b; Rieske protein; acidophilic chemolithotrophic bacteria
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Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is an acidophilic chemolithotrophic bacterium that can grow in the presence of either a weak reductant, Fe2+, or reducing sulfur compounds that provide more energy for growth than Fe. Here we first review the latest findings about the uphill electron transfer pathway established in iron-grown A. ferrooxidans, which has been found to involve a bc(1) complex. We then provide evidence that this bc(1) complex cannot function in the forward direction (exergonic reaction), even with an appropriate substrate. A search for the sequence of the three redox subunits of the A. ferrooxidans bc(1) complex (strain ATCC 19859) in the complete genome sequence of the A. ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 strain showed the existence of two different bc(1) complexes in A. ferrooxidans. Cytochrome b and Rieske protein sequence comparisons allowed us to point out some sequence particularities of these proteins in A. ferrooxidans. Lastly, we discuss the possible reasons for the existence of two different classical bc(1) complexes and put forward some suggestions as to what role these putative complexes may play in this acidophilic chemolithotrophic bacterium. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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