Functional roles of B‐vitamins in the gut and gut microbiome

T Uebanso, T Shimohata, K Mawatari… - Molecular nutrition & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The gut microbiota produce hundreds of bioactive compounds, including B‐vitamins, which
play significant physiological roles in hosts by supporting the fitness of symbiotic species …

Nothing lasts forever: understanding microbial biodegradation of polyfluorinated compounds and perfluorinated alkyl substances

LP Wackett - Microbial biotechnology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Poly‐and perfluorinated chemicals, including perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), are
pervasive in today's society, with a negative impact on human and ecosystem health …

Sharing vitamins: Cobamides unveil microbial interactions

OM Sokolovskaya, AN Shelton, ME Taga - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Nearly every plant, animal, and environment on earth is host to a diverse
community of microorganisms that influence each other and their environment …

Molecular catalysis of electrochemical reactions. Mechanistic aspects

JM Savéant - Chemical Reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical reactions often require an important overpotential1 to proceed at an
appreciable rate. This is particularly true when the reaction does not merely consist of an …

Uneven distribution of cobamide biosynthesis and dependence in bacteria predicted by comparative genomics

AN Shelton, EC Seth, KC Mok, AW Han… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The vitamin B12 family of cofactors known as cobamides are essential for a variety of
microbial metabolisms. We used comparative genomics of 11,000 bacterial species to …

Overview of organohalide-respiring bacteria and a proposal for a classification system for reductive dehalogenases

LA Hug, F Maphosa, D Leys… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Organohalide respiration is an anaerobic bacterial respiratory process that uses
halogenated hydrocarbons as terminal electron acceptors during electron transport-based …

Structural basis for organohalide respiration

M Bommer, C Kunze, J Fesseler, T Schubert, G Diekert… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Organohalide-respiring microorganisms can use a variety of persistent pollutants, including
trichloroethene (TCE), as terminal electron acceptors. The final two-electron transfer step in …

Chemistry and Enzymology of Vitamin B12

KL Brown - Chemical reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
The year of this writing, 2004, marks the 70th anniversary of the Noble Prize shared by
Whipple, Minot, and Murphy for their discovery that raw liver contained a substance, the “anti …

Anaerobic microbial dehalogenation

H Smidt, WM de Vos - Annu. Rev. Microbiol., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The natural production and anthropogenic release of halogenated hydrocarbons
into the environment has been the likely driving force for the evolution of an unexpectedly …

Whole-cell-catalyzed hydrogenation/deuteration of aryl halides with a genetically repurposed photodehalogenase

Y Fu, X Liu, Y Xia, X Guo, J Guo, J Zhang, W Zhao… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Artificial enzymes with new-to-nature reactivity are highly desirable to expand the repertoire
of biocatalysis for sustainable synthesis. To this end, artificial photoenzymes embedded with …