在无氧氧氧化butan支古生物的反流过程中,经过古生物介导的基生成
Song-Can Chen1,2, Sheng Chen3, Niculina Musat4
1Division of Microbial Ecology, Center for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Nature communications
|November 7, 2024
概括
考古生物可以逆转丁路径的无氧氧化,证明了生物丁的形成. 这一发现解释了孤立的沉积盆地中轻和独特基因的存在.
科学领域:
- 环境微生物学环境微生物学
- 生物地质化学生物地质化学
- 考古人的新陈代谢.
背景情况:
- 在无氧环境中微生物的氧化和挥发性基的形成对地球的生物地球化学循环至关重要.
- 使用基-CoM还原酶 (ACR) 发现古生物氧化挥发性基,这表明可能存在古生物催化基形成 (基生成).
研究的目的:
- 为了研究古生物中无氧氧化丁 (AOB) 途径的可逆性.
- 为自然界中由古生物催化的形成 (生成) 提供证据.
主要方法:
- 代谢建模 代谢建模
- 厌氧生理学测试试验 厌氧生理学测试试验
- 使用Candidatus Syntrophoarchaeum archaea进行的同位素标记实验.
主要成果:
- 在AOB路径中证明了CO2向butan的反流,证明了其可逆性.
- 观测到路径可逆性与古人类触媒系统的热力学和动力学之间的相关性.
- 在参与代谢的古生物中发现了深度分支的ACR基因.
结论:
- 在AOB路径的可逆性支持生物形成的丁和潜在的更高挥发性基.
- 这种古老的基生成机制有助于解释在沉积盆地的同位素轻的起源.
- 研究结果将微生物代谢与地质过程以及ACR等关键酶的演化联系起来.
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