[HTML][HTML] The cytochrome bd respiratory oxygen reductases

VB Borisov, RB Gennis, J Hemp… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2011 - Elsevier
Cytochrome bd is a respiratory quinol: O2 oxidoreductase found in many prokaryotes,
including a number of pathogens. The main bioenergetic function of the enzyme is the …

Recent Advances in Structural Studies of Cytochrome bd and Its Potential Application as a Drug Target

T Friedrich, D Wohlwend, VB Borisov - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cytochrome bd is a triheme copper-free terminal oxidase in membrane respiratory chains of
prokaryotes. This unique molecular machine couples electron transfer from quinol to O2 with …

Structure of a bd oxidase indicates similar mechanisms for membrane-integrated oxygen reductases

S Safarian, C Rajendran, H Müller, J Preu, JD Langer… - Science, 2016 - science.org
The cytochrome bd oxidases are terminal oxidases that are present in bacteria and archaea.
They reduce molecular oxygen (dioxygen) to water, avoiding the production of reactive …

Homologous bd oxidases share the same architecture but differ in mechanism

A Theßeling, T Rasmussen, S Burschel… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Cytochrome bd oxidases are terminal reductases of bacterial and archaeal respiratory
chains. The enzyme couples the oxidation of ubiquinol or menaquinol with the reduction of …

Structure of Escherichia coli cytochrome bd-II type oxidase with bound aurachin D

A Grauel, J Kägi, T Rasmussen, I Makarchuk… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cytochrome bd quinol: O2 oxidoreductases are respiratory terminal oxidases so far only
identified in prokaryotes, including several pathogenic bacteria. Escherichia coli contains …

Active site rearrangement and structural divergence in prokaryotic respiratory oxidases

S Safarian, A Hahn, DJ Mills, M Radloff, ML Eisinger… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Cytochrome bd–type quinol oxidases catalyze the reduction of molecular oxygen to water in
the respiratory chain of many human-pathogenic bacteria. They are structurally unrelated to …

Mechanisms of energy transduction by charge translocating membrane proteins

F Calisto, FM Sousa, FV Sena, PN Refojo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Life relies on the constant exchange of different forms of energy, ie, on energy transduction.
Therefore, organisms have evolved in a way to be able to harvest the energy made …

Redox properties of the membrane proteins from the respiratory chain

F Melin, P Hellwig - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This review focuses on the electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical studies that gave
insight into redox potentials of the four mitochondrial complexes and their homologues from …

Diversification and niche adaptations of Nitrospina-like bacteria in the polyextreme interfaces of Red Sea brines

DK Ngugi, J Blom, R Stepanauskas, U Stingl - The ISME journal, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) of the genus Nitrospina have exclusively been found in
marine environments. In the brine–seawater interface layer of Atlantis II Deep (Red Sea) …

Mechanistic and structural diversity between cytochrome bd isoforms of Escherichia coli

TN Grund, M Radloff, D Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The treatment of infectious diseases caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens is a major
clinical challenge of the 21st century. The membrane-embedded respiratory cytochrome bd …