Cytochrome c:  Occurrence and Functions

I Bertini, G Cavallaro, A Rosato - Chemical reviews, 2006 - ACS Publications
Cytochromes c are among the most studied proteins. This is possibly due to their relatively
high thermodynamic stability and their red color, which makes protein purification easier. 1 …

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

CA Salgueiro, L Morgado, MA Silva, MR Ferreira… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Iron is the most versatile of all biochemically active metals, with variability encompassing its
electronic configuration, number of unpaired electrons, type of ligands and iron-complexes …

Electron Flow From the Inner Membrane Towards the Cell Exterior in Geobacter sulfurreducens: Biochemical Characterization of Cytochrome CbcL

JMA Antunes, MA Silva, CA Salgueiro… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Exoelectrogenic microorganisms are in the spotlight due to their unique respiratory
mechanisms and potential applications in distinct biotechnological fields, including …

Hemes on a string: insights on the functional mechanisms of PgcA from Geobacter sulfurreducens

TM Fernandes, MA Silva, L Morgado… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Microbial extracellular reduction of insoluble compounds requires soluble electron shuttles
that diffuse in the environment, freely diffusing cytochromes, or direct contact with cellular …

Multi-heme cytochromes—new structures, new chemistry

CG Mowat, SK Chapman - Dalton Transactions, 2005 - pubs.rsc.org
Heme is one of the most pervasive cofactors in nature and the c-type cytochromes represent
one of the largest families of heme-containing proteins. Recent progress in bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] Structural characterization of a family of cytochromes c7 involved in Fe (III) respiration by Geobacter sulfurreducens

PR Pokkuluri, YY Londer, X Yang, NEC Duke… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2010 - Elsevier
Periplasmic cytochromes c7 are important in electron transfer pathway (s) in Fe (III)
respiration by Geobacter sulfurreducens. The genome of G. sulfurreducens encodes a family …

Structure of a novel dodecaheme cytochrome c from Geobacter sulfurreducens reveals an extended 12 nm protein with interacting hemes

PR Pokkuluri, YY Londer, NEC Duke… - Journal of structural …, 2011 - Elsevier
Multiheme cytochromes c are important in electron transfer pathways in reduction of both
soluble and insoluble Fe (III) by Geobacter sulfurreducens. We determined the crystal …

Heme–Heme Interactions in Diheme Cytochromes: Effect of Mixed-Axial Ligation on the Electronic Structure and Electrochemical Properties

FST Khan, D Samanta, D Chandel, SJ Shah… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Diheme cytochromes, the simplest members in the multiheme family, play substantial
biochemical roles in enzymatic catalysis as well as in electron transfer. A series of diiron (III) …

Axial Thiophenolate Coordination on Diiron (III) bisporphyrin: Influence of Heme–Heme Interactions on Structure, Function and Electrochemical Properties of the …

D Sil, FST Khan, SP Rath - Inorganic Chemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
The binding of a series of substituted thiophenols as axial ligands on a highly flexible ethane-
bridged diiron (III) bisporphyrin framework has been investigated as a model of diheme …

A biochemical deconstruction-based strategy to assist the characterization of bacterial electric conductive filaments

MA Silva, AP Fernandes, DL Turner… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Periplasmic nanowires and electric conductive filaments made of the polymeric assembly of
c-type cytochromes from Geobacter sulfurreducens bacterium are crucial for electron …