Molecular hydrogen metabolism: a widespread trait of pathogenic bacteria and protists

SL Benoit, RJ Maier, RG Sawers… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pathogenic microorganisms use various mechanisms to conserve energy in host tissues
and environmental reservoirs. One widespread but often overlooked means of energy …

Energy-converting hydrogenases: the link between H2 metabolism and energy conservation

MC Schoelmerich, V Müller - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2020 - Springer
The reversible interconversion of molecular hydrogen and protons is one of the most ancient
microbial metabolic reactions and catalyzed by hydrogenases. A widespread yet largely …

Defining the roles of the hydrogenase 3 and 4 subunits in hydrogen production during glucose fermentation: a new model of a H2-producing hydrogenase complex

H Petrosyan, L Vanyan, A Trchounian… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Hydrogen (H 2)-producing hydrogenase (Hyd) activity of E. coli wild type and
mutants with defects in subunits of Hyd-3 or Hyd-4 during fermentation at different glucose …

Formate and potassium ions affect Escherichia coli proton ATPase activity at low pH during mixed carbon fermentation

H Gevorgyan, A Trchounian, K Trchounian - IUBMB life, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Escherichia coli is able to ferment not only single but also mixtures of carbon sources. The
formate metabolism and effect of formate on various enzymes have been extensively studied …

Bio-hydrogen: Technology developments in microbial fuel cells and their future prospects

PDVN Sudheer, S Chauhan, B Velramar - Biotechnology for biofuels: A …, 2020 - Springer
The energy is the part of the human evolution; the innovation in the transportation and
industrial evolution happened in this century made mankind to depend on fossil fuels …

Deacidification by FhlA-dependent hydrogenase is involved in urease activity and urinary stone formation in uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis

WY Lin, SJ Liaw - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Proteus mirabilis is an important uropathogen, featured with urinary stone formation. F
ormate h ydrogen l yase (FHL), consisting of formate dehydrogenase H and hydrogenase for …

Susceptibility of the formate hydrogenlyase reaction to the protonophore CCCP depends on the total hydrogenase composition

J Telleria Marloth, C Pinske - Inorganics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fermentative hydrogen production by enterobacteria derives from the activity of the formate
hydrogenlyase (FHL) complex, which couples formate oxidation to H2 production. The …

Activation of a [NiFe]-hydrogenase-4 isoenzyme by maturation proteases

AJ Finney, G Buchanan, T Palmer… - …, 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
Maturation of [NiFe]-hydrogenases often involves specific proteases responsible for
cleavage of the catalytic subunits. Escherichia coli HycI is the protease dedicated to …

The N‐terminal domains of the paralogous HycE and Nuo CD govern assembly of the respective formate hydrogenlyase and NADH dehydrogenase complexes

P Skorupa, U Lindenstrauß, S Burschel… - FEBS Open …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Formate hydrogenlyase (FHL) is the main hydrogen‐producing enzyme complex in
enterobacteria. It converts formate to CO 2 and H2 via a formate dehydrogenase and a …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial Musings–September 2020

GH Thomas - Microbiology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As the British summer quickly changes into autumn, we have been making on some
changes with the journal that should be worked through by the end of the year, as we start …