溶性铁增强了Shewanella oneidensisMR-1的细胞外电子吸收
Karla Abuyen1, Mohamed Y El-Naggar1,2,3
1Molecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089.
ChemElectroChem
|August 31, 2023
概括
溶性铁可以增强微生物从阴极吸收到Shewanella oneidensis MR-1的电子. 这一过程涉及铁作为电子载体作用于细菌的细胞外电子转移 (EET) 机制.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 电化学 电化学 电化学
背景情况:
- 微生物利用细胞外电子转移 (EET) 与外部氧化还原化合物相互作用.
- 对细胞从外部捐赠者接受电子的内向EET的理解仍然有限.
- 目前的知识集中在通过细胞染色体和氧化还原穿介导的外向EET上.
研究的目的:
- 调查可溶铁在促进Shewanella oneidensis MR-1进入的EET中的作用.
- 阐明铁对阴极电子吸收的影响机制.
- 为了确定涉及铁介导ETE的微生物成分.
主要方法:
- 使用Shewanella oneidensis MR-1生物膜在阴极上的电化学实验.
- 不同的外源铁 (FeCl2) 度以评估剂量依赖的影响.
- 使用铁化剂来确认铁的作用.
- 使用烟酸作为细胞内电子受体.
- 比较缺乏特定细胞染色体的野生型和突变菌株.
主要成果:
- 溶性铁 (FeCl2) 显著增强了从阴极到S.oneidensis的电子吸收.
- 这种依赖铁的电子吸收被铁化剂取消.
- 该过程要求存在烟酸还原酶,表明其参与.
- 缺少外膜和周等离子体细胞染色体的突变体显示电流减少,这表明它们在途径中的作用.
- 铁度与电子吸收率直接相关.
结论:
- 溶性铁作为电子载体,促进从阴极到S.oneidensis的内向EET.
- 包括烟酸还原酶和特定细胞染色体在内的ETE机制对于这一过程至关重要.
- 这一发现扩大了对微生物电子吸收机制的理解.
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