The plethora of membrane respiratory chains in the phyla of life

PN Refojo, FV Sena, F Calisto, FM Sousa… - Advances in microbial …, 2019 - Elsevier
The diversity of microbial cells is reflected in differences in cell size and shape, motility,
mechanisms of cell division, pathogenicity or adaptation to different environmental niches …

Structural basis for energy transduction by respiratory alternative complex III

JS Sousa, F Calisto, JD Langer, DJ Mills… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Electron transfer in respiratory chains generates the electrochemical potential that serves as
energy source for the cell. Prokaryotes can use a wide range of electron donors and …

Cryo-EM structure of HQNO-bound alternative complex III from the anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus

J Xin, Z Min, L Yu, X Yuan, A Liu, W Wu, X Zhang… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Alternative complex III (ACIII) couples quinol oxidation and electron acceptor reduction with
potential transmembrane proton translocation. It is compositionally and structurally different …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring substrate interaction in respiratory alternative complex III from Rhodothermus marinus

F Calisto, S Todorovic, RO Louro, MM Pereira - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rhodothermus marinus is a thermohalophilic organism that has optimized its microaerobic
metabolism at 65° C. We have been exploring its respiratory chain and observed the …

The Monoheme c Subunit of Respiratory Alternative Complex III Is Not Essential for Electron Transfer to Cytochrome aa3 in Flavobacterium johnsoniae

K Lorencik, R Ekiert, Y Zhu, MJ McBride… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial alternative complex III (ACIII) catalyzes menaquinol (MKH2) oxidation, presumably
fulfilling the role of cytochromes bc 1/b 6 f in organisms that lack these enzymes. The …

[PDF][PDF] BBA-Bioenergetics

F Calisto, S Todorovic, RO Louro, MM Pereira - research.unl.pt
Rhodothermus marinus is a thermohalophilic organism that has optimized its microaerobic
metabolism at 65◦ C. We have been exploring its respiratory chain and observed the …

[PDF][PDF] A molecular insight into the respiratory Alternative Complex III

F Calisto - 2019 - run.unl.pt
Life depends on a constant energy supply and conversion. Cells use energy from external
sources, such as organic or inorganic compounds or light to sustain, grow and reproduce …