Advances in bacterial electron transport systems and their regulation. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robert K. Poole.
• Editors: Poole, Robert K
• Contents: Front Cover; Advances in Bacterial Electron Transport Systems and Their Regulation; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One: Oxygen and Nitrate Respiration in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2); 1. Introduction; 2. General Aspects of Respiration; 2.1. Electron Transport and Proton-Motive Force Generation; 2.2. Oxygen Respiration Under Hypoxic Conditions; 2.3. Anaerobic Respiration; 2.4. Electron Donation to the Respiratory Chain; 3. The Aerobic Respiratory Chain of S. coelicolor; 3.1. The Terminal Oxidases; 3.2. NADH Dehydrogenase 1 and 2 3.3. Flavin-Based Electron-Donating Complexes4. Respiration with Nitrate; 4.1. Respiratory Nitrate Reductases; 4.2. Genes Whose Products Are Involved in Nitrate Reduction in S. coelicolor; 4.3. Phylogeny of Nar Enzymes in S. coelicolor; 4.4. Tissue-Specific Synthesis and Functionality of Nars in S. coelicolor; 4.5. Coupling of Nar Activity to Nitrate-Nitrite Transport; 4.6. Regulation of Nar Enzyme Synthesis; 4.7. Physiological Consequences of Nitrate Reduction for Streptomyces; 5. Respiratory Enzyme Complexes-An Outlook and Perspectives; Acknowledgements; References Chapter Two: Anaerobic Metabolism in Haloferax Genus: Denitrification as Case of Study1. Introduction; 2. General Characteristics of the Haloferax Genus; 3. Anaerobic Metabolism in the Haloferax Genus; 3.1. Denitrification; 3.2. Perchlorate and Chlorate Reduction; 3.3. Dimethyl Sulphoxide, Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Fumarate as Final Electron Acceptors; 4. Enzymes Involved in Anaerobic Metabolism in Haloferax Genus: Denitrification as Study of Case; 4.1. Respiratory Nitrate Reductases in Haloferax Genus; 4.2. Respiratory Nitrite Reductases in Haloferax Genus 4.3. Nitric Oxide Reductases in Haloferax Genus4.4. Nitrous Oxide Reductases in Haloferax Genus; 5. Genes Coding for the Enzymes Sustaining Denitrification; 6. Potential Uses of the Denitrification Carried Out by Haloferax in Biotechnology; 6.1. Wastewater Treatments by Haloferax Members; 6.2. Biosensors Based on Denitrification Enzymes; 7. Conclusions and Future Perspectives; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter Three: Mechanisms of Bacterial Extracellular Electron Exchange; 1. Introduction; 2. Diversity of Microbe-Mineral Metabolism; 2.1. Biology of Iron-Metabolising Bacteria 2.1.1. Iron-Oxidising Bacteria2.1.2. Mineral-Reducing Bacteria; 2.2. Model Iron Oxides Used for Measurement of Microbial Biochemistry; 3. Biological Electron Transport Across the Cell Envelope; 3.1. Extracellular Electron Transfer in Gram-Positive Bacteria and Archae; 3.2. The Porin-Cytochrome Complex as a Transmembrane Electron Conduit; 3.3. The Cyc2 Outer Membrane Fused Porin-Cytochrome; 3.4. Electron Transfer Through the Outer Membrane of Gram-Negative Bacteria; 4. Structures at the Interface of Microbe-Mineral Interaction; 4.1. Extracellular Electron Transfer Through Conductive Filaments
• Publisher Details: London, UK : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 571.7/4; Cellular signal transduction; Bacteria -- Cytochemistry; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology; Bacteria -- Cytochemistry; Cellular signal transduction; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128052396; 0128052392
• Related ISBNs: 9780128048238
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed May 9, 2016).
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