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ArticleScientific reports2020

Methane, arsenic, selenium and the origins of the DMSO reductase family.

Michael Wells, Narthana Jeganathar Kanmanii, Al Muatasim Al Zadjali, Jan E Janecka, Partha Basu, Ronald S Oremland, John F Stolz

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. Kinetic consequences of the endogenous ligand to molybdenum in the DMSO reductase family: a case study with periplasmic nitrate reductase.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Michael WellsDepartment of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0613-3843
Narthana Jeganathar KanmaniiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA.
Al Muatasim Al ZadjaliDepartment of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA.
Jan E JaneckaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA.
Partha BasuDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1232-418X
Ronald S OremlandU.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7382-0147
John F StolzDepartment of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA. stolz@duq.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0796-7014

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mononuclear molybdoenzymes of the dimethyl sulfoxide reductase (DMSOR) family catalyze a number of reactions essential to the carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, arsenic, and selenium biogeochemical cycles. These enzymes are also ancient, with many lineages likely predating the divergence of the last universal common ancestor into the Bacteria and Archaea domains. We have constructed rooted phylogenies for over 1,550 representatives of the DMSOR family using maximum likelihood methods to investigate the evolution of the arsenic biogeochemical cycle. The phylogenetic analysis provides compelling evidence that formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase B subunits, which catalyze the reduction of CO

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ArchaeaArchaeal ProteinsArsenicBacteriaBacterial ProteinsEvolution, MolecularIron-Sulfur ProteinsMethaneOxidoreductasesPhylogenySeleniumArchaeal ProteinsArsenicBacterial Proteinsdimethyl sulfoxide reductaseIron-Sulfur ProteinsMethaneOxidoreductasesSelenium

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PMID32616801
PMCPMC7331816

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