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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2012

Thiosulfate reduction in Salmonella enterica is driven by the proton motive force.

Laura Stoffels, Martin Krehenbrink, Ben C Berks, Gottfried Unden

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Laura StoffelsInstitute for Microbiology and Wine Research, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Martin Krehenbrink
Ben C Berks
Gottfried Unden

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F02150X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thiosulfate respiration in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is catalyzed by the membrane-bound enzyme thiosulfate reductase. Experiments with quinone biosynthesis mutants show that menaquinol is the sole electron donor to thiosulfate reductase. However, the reduction of thiosulfate by menaquinol is highly endergonic under standard conditions (ΔE°' = -328 mV). Thiosulfate reductase activity was found to depend on the proton motive force (PMF) across the cytoplasmic membrane. A structural model for thiosulfate reductase suggests that the PMF drives endergonic electron flow within the enzyme by a reverse loop mechanism. Thiosulfate reductase was able to catalyze the combined oxidation of sulfide and sulfite to thiosulfate in a reverse of the physiological reaction. In contrast to the forward reaction the exergonic thiosulfate-forming reaction was PMF independent. Electron transfer from formate to thiosulfate in whole cells occurs predominantly by intraspecies hydrogen transfer.

Indexed as

Proton-Motive ForceEscherichia coliGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicNaphtholsOxidation-ReductionProtonsSalmonella entericaSulfurtransferasesTerpenesThermodynamicsThiosulfatesmenaquinol 6NaphtholsProtonsSulfurtransferasesTerpenesthiosulfate-dithiol sulfurtransferaseThiosulfates

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PMID22081391
PMCPMC3256639

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