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ArticleJournal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea)2016

Dimethyl sulfoxide reduction by a hyperhermophilic archaeon Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 via a cysteine-cystine redox shuttle.

Ae Ran Choi, Min-Sik Kim, Sung Gyun Kang, Hyun Sook Lee

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Article in Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ae Ran ChoiMarine Biotechnology Research Division, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Ansan, 15627, Republic of Korea.
Min-Sik KimMarine Biotechnology Research Division, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Ansan, 15627, Republic of Korea.
Sung Gyun KangMarine Biotechnology Research Division, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Ansan, 15627, Republic of Korea.
Hyun Sook LeeMarine Biotechnology Research Division, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Ansan, 15627, Republic of Korea. leeh522@kiost.ac.kr.
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology · KRKorea University of Science and Technology · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A variety of microbes grow by respiration with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as an electron acceptor, and several distinct DMSO respiratory systems, consisting of electron carriers and a terminal DMSO reductase, have been characterized. The heterotrophic growth of a hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 was enhanced by the addition of DMSO, but the archaeon was not capable of reducing DMSO to DMS directly using a DMSO reductase. Instead, the archaeon reduced DMSO via a cysteine-cystine redox shuttle through a mechanism whereby cystine is microbially reduced to cysteine, which is then reoxidized by DMSO reduction. A thioredoxin reductase-protein disulfide oxidoreductase redox couple was identified to have intracellular cystine-reducing activity, permitting recycle of cysteine. This study presents the first example of DMSO reduction via an electron shuttle. Several Thermococcales species also exhibited enhanced growth coupled with DMSO reduction, probably by disposing of excess reducing power rather than conserving energy.

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Archaeal ProteinsCysteineCystineDimethyl SulfoxideGenes, ArchaealOxidation-ReductionThermococcusArchaeal ProteinsCysteineCystineDimethyl Sulfoxidecysteinecystine redox shuttleDMSOextracellular electron mediatorprotein disulfide oxidoreductaseThermococcus onnurineus NA1thioredoxin reductase

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