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The X-ray crystal structure of Shewanella oneidensis OmcA reveals new insight at the microbe-mineral interface

Journal Article · · FEBS Letters, 588(10):1886-1890

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 were arranged so the distance between heme-5 on adjacent OmcA monomers was less than 1 nm, 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 ~ 1 nm of mineral surface.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1136588
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-102427; KP1702030
Journal Information:
FEBS Letters, 588(10):1886-1890, Journal Name: FEBS Letters, 588(10):1886-1890
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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