Electron Bifurcation Makes the Puzzle Pieces Fall Energetically into Place in Methanogenic Energy Conservation
Abstract
Microbial life has evolved a wide range of metabolisms exploiting in many cases unanticipated suites of oxidation-reduction reactions to generate energy. Although many of these suites of reactions don't allow these microbes to enjoy the same quality of energetic life that we enjoy via respiration/oxidative phosphorylation, it has conferred the ability for life to exploit almost any oxidation-reduction reaction. We find in many of these cases when energy is sparing, the difference between life and death may be conserving the maximal amount of energy and minimizing loss of free energy through heat.
- Authors:
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[1];
[2]
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Biosciences Center
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States). Inst. of Biological Chemistry
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis (BETCy)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1405273
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1407814
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-2700-70292
Journal ID: ISSN 1439-4227
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308; SC0012518
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ChemBioChem: a European journal of chemical biology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 18; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 1439-4227
- Publisher:
- ChemPubSoc Europe
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; electron bifurcation; flavin; methanogenesis; iron-sulfur cluster; energy conservation
Citation Formats
Lubner, Carolyn E., and Peters, John W. Electron Bifurcation Makes the Puzzle Pieces Fall Energetically into Place in Methanogenic Energy Conservation. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201700533.
Lubner, Carolyn E., & Peters, John W. Electron Bifurcation Makes the Puzzle Pieces Fall Energetically into Place in Methanogenic Energy Conservation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201700533
Lubner, Carolyn E., and Peters, John W. Fri .
"Electron Bifurcation Makes the Puzzle Pieces Fall Energetically into Place in Methanogenic Energy Conservation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201700533. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1405273.
@article{osti_1405273,
title = {Electron Bifurcation Makes the Puzzle Pieces Fall Energetically into Place in Methanogenic Energy Conservation},
author = {Lubner, Carolyn E. and Peters, John W.},
abstractNote = {Microbial life has evolved a wide range of metabolisms exploiting in many cases unanticipated suites of oxidation-reduction reactions to generate energy. Although many of these suites of reactions don't allow these microbes to enjoy the same quality of energetic life that we enjoy via respiration/oxidative phosphorylation, it has conferred the ability for life to exploit almost any oxidation-reduction reaction. We find in many of these cases when energy is sparing, the difference between life and death may be conserving the maximal amount of energy and minimizing loss of free energy through heat.},
doi = {10.1002/cbic.201700533},
journal = {ChemBioChem: a European journal of chemical biology},
number = 23,
volume = 18,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {10}
}
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