An ancient pathway combining carbon dioxide fixation with the generation and utilization of a sodium ion gradient for ATP synthesis

  • Synthesis of acetate from carbon dioxide and molecular hydrogen is considered to be the first carbon assimilation pathway on earth. It combines carbon dioxide fixation into acetyl-CoA with the production of ATP via an energized cell membrane. How the pathway is coupled with the net synthesis of ATP has been an enigma. The anaerobic, acetogenic bacterium Acetobacterium woodii uses an ancient version of this pathway without cytochromes and quinones. It generates a sodium ion potential across the cell membrane by the sodium-motive ferredoxin:NAD oxidoreductase (Rnf). The genome sequence of A. woodii solves the enigma: it uncovers Rnf as the only ion-motive enzyme coupled to the pathway and unravels a metabolism designed to produce reduced ferredoxin and overcome energetic barriers by virtue of electron-bifurcating, soluble enzymes.

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Author:Anja Poehlein, Silke Schmidt, Anne-Kristin Kaster, Meike GoenrichGND, John Vollmers, Andrea Thürmer, Johannes BertschGND, Kai SchuchmannGND, Birgit Voigt, Michael Hecker, Rolf DanielORCiDGND, Rudolf K. ThauerGND, Gerhard Gottschalk, Volker MüllerORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-246436
DOI:https://doi.org/doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033439
ISSN:1932-6203
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22479398
Parent Title (English):PLoS One
Publisher:PLoS
Place of publication:Lawrence, Kan.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2012/04/25
Date of first Publication:2012/03/29
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/04/25
Volume:7
Issue:3: e32946
Page Number:8
HeBIS-PPN:306806630
Institutes:Biowissenschaften / Biowissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0