Diversity and evolution of methane-related pathways in archaea

PS Garcia, S Gribaldo, G Borrel - Annual Review of Microbiology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Methane is one of the most important greenhouse gases on Earth and holds an important
place in the global carbon cycle. Archaea are the only organisms that use methanogenesis …

Methanosarcina acetivorans: A Model for Mechanistic Understanding of Aceticlastic and Reverse Methanogenesis

JG Ferry - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Acetate-utilizing methanogens are responsible for approximately two-thirds of the one billion
metric tons of methane produced annually in Earth's anaerobic environments …

Crystallographic snapshots of a B12-dependent radical SAM methyltransferase

CD Fyfe, N Bernardo-García, L Fradale, S Grimaldi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
By catalysing the microbial formation of methane, methyl-coenzyme M reductase has a
central role in the global levels of this greenhouse gas,. The activity of methyl-coenzyme M …

Expression of divergent methyl/alkyl coenzyme M reductases from uncultured archaea

N Shao, Y Fan, CW Chou, S Yavari… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Methanogens and anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea (ANME) are important players in
the global carbon cycle. Methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) is a key enzyme in methane …

Methyl-coenzyme M reductase and its post-translational modifications

H Chen, Q Gan, C Fan - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) is a central enzyme in anaerobic microbial
methane metabolism, which consists of methanogenesis and anaerobic oxidation of …

CRISPR-Cas9 Toolkit for Genome Editing in an Autotrophic CO2-Fixing Methanogenic Archaeon

J Li, L Zhang, Q Xu, W Zhang, Z Li, L Chen… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The CRISPR-Cas9 system is a robust genome editing tool that is widely applied in
eukaryotes and bacteria. However, use of this technique has only been developed for one …

A structural view of alkyl-coenzyme M reductases, the first step of alkane anaerobic oxidation catalyzed by archaea

ON Lemaire, T Wagner - Biochemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microbial anaerobic oxidation of alkanes intrigues the scientific community by way of its
impact on the global carbon cycle, and its biotechnological applications. Archaea are …

Overview of diverse methyl/alkyl-coenzyme M reductases and considerations for their potential heterologous expression

A Gendron, KD Allen - Frontiers in microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) is an archaeal enzyme that catalyzes the final step of
methanogenesis and the first step in the anaerobic oxidation of methane, the energy …

Functional interactions between posttranslationally modified amino acids of methyl-coenzyme M reductase in Methanosarcina acetivorans

DD Nayak, A Liu, N Agrawal, R Rodriguez-Carerro… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) plays an important role in mediating
global levels of methane by catalyzing a reversible reaction that leads to the production or …

Diversity and community composition of strictly anaerobic and culturable bacteria from the feces of Styrofoam-fed Tenebrio molitor larvae: a culturomics-based study

J Zhu, X Chen, SC Chen, W Qiu, J Yu, T Guo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction In recent years, researchers have been exploring the plastic-degrading abilities
of bacteria residing in the guts of Styrofoam-eating Tenebrio molitor larvae. However, none …