Metallic-like pili or redox active cytochromes: are electrical measurements on Geobacter 'nanowires' consistent with either?

MJ Guberman-Pfeffer - Biophysical Journal, 2024 - cell.com
protein and (ii) denaturing curves derived at a range of experimental conditions. This particular
portal protein … This protein shows potential for use as a molecular sensor in the future and …

Voltammetric study of conductive planar assemblies of Geobacter nanowire pilins unmasks their ability to bind and mineralize divalent cobalt

KM Cosert, G Reguera - Journal of Industrial Microbiology and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… Recombinant expression of the PilA 19 -C fusion protein was then induced by adding 50 …
lysate with the fusion protein among other soluble proteins. The protein lysate was then loaded …

Expressing the Geobacter metallireducens PilA in Geobacter sulfurreducens Yields Pili with Exceptional Conductivity

Y Tan, RY Adhikari, NS Malvankar, JE Ward… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
… The electrically conductive pili (e-pili) of Geobacter … However, the only other Geobacter
pili previously studied, … on the range of pili conductivities in Geobacter species, the pili of G.…

From iron to bacterial electroconductive filaments: exploring cytochrome diversity using Geobacter bacteria

CA Salgueiro, L Morgado, MA Silva, MR Ferreira… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
… of heme proteins. In this Review, the structural and functional properties of heme proteins
are revisited, with particular focus on c-type cytochromes. The genome of Geobacter bacteria …

Plugging into bacterial nanowires: a comparison of model electrogenic organisms

TA Clarke - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
… 6EF8 ) nanowire from Geobacter sulfurreducens is isolated the surface of the cell, it is … ,
and OmcS/Z nanowire conductivity through the closely packed hemes in the protein core [48,49]. …

Structure of a cytochrome-based bacterial nanowire

DJ Filman, SF Marino, JE Ward, L Yang, Z Mester… - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
… Microbially produced protein nanowires are of profound interest due to their proposed role …
e-pili) of Geobacter species, which are comprised of pilin protein monomers 5–7 Geobacter e-…

A tale of two nanowires: The biochemical and spectroscopic characterization of the conductive cytochrome OmcS and OmcZ filaments of Geobacter Sulfurreducens

JP OBrien - 2020 - search.proquest.com
… field has believed that the conductive filaments required for growth on extracellular electron
acceptors were composed of type I Va pili protein PilA; the initial goals of the work in this …

[PDF][PDF] Advanced Microbial Nanowires for Bioenergy Applications

JM Gooty, M Srinivasulu, MS Chandra - Advances in Chemical Science & … - ijacskros.com
… This chapter shows a group of bacteria called Geobacter of the genus proteobacteria, these
… unconventional energy sources with respect to the Geobacter family of bacteria, being very …

Biology and biotechnology of microbial pilus nanowires

MM Clark, G Reguera - … & Biotechnology: Official Journal of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… allows Geobacter species to use the fibers as nanowires and … roles typically ascribed to the
Geobacter genus such as the reduction … But while the Geobacter PilR protein is inactivated by …

Cryo-EM reveals the structural basis of long-range electron transport in a cytochrome-based bacterial nanowire

DJ Filman, SF Marino, JE Ward, L Yang… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
… pili from Geobacter species, termed bacterial nanowires, are … Microbially produced protein
nanowires are of profound … (e-pili) of Geobacter species, which comprises pilin protein