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Title: Energy Conservation and Hydrogenase Function in Methanogenic Archaea, in Particular the Genus Methanosarcina

Abstract

The biological production of methane is vital to the global carbon cycle and accounts for ca. 74% of total methane emissions. The organisms that facilitate this process, methanogenic archaea, belong to a large and phylogenetically diverse group that thrives in a wide range of anaerobic environments. Two main subgroups exist within methanogenic archaea: those with and those without cytochromes. Although a variety of metabolisms exist within this group, the reduction of growth substrates to methane using electrons from molecular hydrogen is, in a phylogenetic sense, the most widespread methanogenic pathway. Methanogens without cytochromes typically generate methane by the reduction of CO2 with electrons derived from H2, formate, or secondary alcohols, generating a transmembrane ion gradient for ATP production via an Na+-translocating methyltransferase (Mtr). These organisms also conserve energy with a novel flavin-based electron bifurcation mechanism, wherein the endergonic reduction of ferredoxin is facilitated by the exergonic reduction of a disulfide terminal electron acceptor coupled to either H2 or formate oxidation. Methanogens that utilize cytochromes have a broader substrate range, and can convert acetate and methylated compounds to methane, in addition to the ability to reduce CO2. Cytochrome-containing methanogens are able to supplement the ion motive force generated by Mtr withmore » an H+-translocating electron transport system. In both groups, enzymes known as hydrogenases, which reversibly interconvert protons and electrons to molecular hydrogen, play a central role in the methanogenic process. In this review, we discuss recent insight into methanogen metabolism and energy conservation mechanisms with a particular focus on the genus Methanosarcina.« less

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William W. Metcalf (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
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Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
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Journal Volume: 83; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1092-2172
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American Society for Microbiology
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United States
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English
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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; archaea; energy conservation; hydrogenase; methanogenesis

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Mand, Thomas D., and Metcalf, William W. Energy Conservation and Hydrogenase Function in Methanogenic Archaea, in Particular the Genus Methanosarcina. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1128/MMBR.00020-19.
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Mand, Thomas D., & Metcalf, William W. Energy Conservation and Hydrogenase Function in Methanogenic Archaea, in Particular the Genus Methanosarcina. United States. https://doi.org/10.1128/MMBR.00020-19
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Mand, Thomas D., and Metcalf, William W. Wed . "Energy Conservation and Hydrogenase Function in Methanogenic Archaea, in Particular the Genus Methanosarcina". United States. https://doi.org/10.1128/MMBR.00020-19. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1595766.
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@article{osti_1595766,
title = {Energy Conservation and Hydrogenase Function in Methanogenic Archaea, in Particular the Genus Methanosarcina},
author = {Mand, Thomas D. and Metcalf, William W.},
abstractNote = {The biological production of methane is vital to the global carbon cycle and accounts for ca. 74% of total methane emissions. The organisms that facilitate this process, methanogenic archaea, belong to a large and phylogenetically diverse group that thrives in a wide range of anaerobic environments. Two main subgroups exist within methanogenic archaea: those with and those without cytochromes. Although a variety of metabolisms exist within this group, the reduction of growth substrates to methane using electrons from molecular hydrogen is, in a phylogenetic sense, the most widespread methanogenic pathway. Methanogens without cytochromes typically generate methane by the reduction of CO2 with electrons derived from H2, formate, or secondary alcohols, generating a transmembrane ion gradient for ATP production via an Na+-translocating methyltransferase (Mtr). These organisms also conserve energy with a novel flavin-based electron bifurcation mechanism, wherein the endergonic reduction of ferredoxin is facilitated by the exergonic reduction of a disulfide terminal electron acceptor coupled to either H2 or formate oxidation. Methanogens that utilize cytochromes have a broader substrate range, and can convert acetate and methylated compounds to methane, in addition to the ability to reduce CO2. Cytochrome-containing methanogens are able to supplement the ion motive force generated by Mtr with an H+-translocating electron transport system. In both groups, enzymes known as hydrogenases, which reversibly interconvert protons and electrons to molecular hydrogen, play a central role in the methanogenic process. In this review, we discuss recent insight into methanogen metabolism and energy conservation mechanisms with a particular focus on the genus Methanosarcina.},
doi = {10.1128/MMBR.00020-19},
journal = {Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews},
number = 4,
volume = 83,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {9}
}
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Rising atmospheric methane: 2007-2014 growth and isotopic shift: RISING METHANE 2007-2014
journal, September 2016

  • Nisbet, E. G.; Dlugokencky, E. J.; Manning, M. R.
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 30, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1002/2016GB005406

Methanocella paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon, the first isolate of the lineage 'Rice Cluster I', and proposal of the new archaeal order Methanocellales ord. nov.
journal, April 2008

  • Sakai, S.; Imachi, H.; Hanada, S.
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 58, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65571-0

Methane production from coal by a single methanogen
journal, October 2016

Sodium dependence of growth and methane formation in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum
journal, January 1981

  • Perski, Hans-Joachim; Moll, Johanna; Thauer, Rudolf K.
  • Archives of Microbiology, Vol. 130, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1007/BF00425947

Hydrogenases from Methanogenic Archaea, Nickel, a Novel Cofactor, and H 2 Storage
journal, June 2010

Physiological role of the F 420 -non-reducing hydrogenase (Mvh) from Methanothermobacter marburgensis
journal, September 2003

  • Stojanowic, Alexander; Mander, Gerd J.; Duin, Evert C.
  • Archives of Microbiology, Vol. 180, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0577-9

Pressure and Temperature Effects on Growth and Methane Production of the Extreme Thermophile Methanococcus jannaschii
journal, January 1988

Purification and properties of 5,10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin reductase, a coenzyme F420-dependent enzyme, from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum strain delta H.
journal, February 1990

  • te Brömmelstroet, B. W.; Hensgens, C. M.; Keltjens, J. T.
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 265, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)39907-7

Energy conservation in chemotrophic anaerobic bacteria.
journal, January 1977

Energy Conservation by the H2:Heterodisulfide Oxidoreductase from Methanosarcina mazei Gö1: Identification of Two Proton-Translocating Segments
journal, July 1999

Novel biochemistry of methanogenesis.
journal, June 1988

Purification and properties of an 8-hydroxy-5-deazaflavin-reducing hydrogenase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum.
journal, April 1982

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