Print Email Facebook Twitter Iron assimilation and utilization in anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria Title Iron assimilation and utilization in anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria Author Ferousi, Christina (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) Lindhoud, S. (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) Baymann, Frauke (Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR 7281) Kartal, Boran (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology) Jetten, M.S.M. (TU Delft BT/Environmental Biotechnology; Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen; Soehngen Institute of Anaerobic Microbiology) Reimann, Joachim (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) Date 2017-04-01 Abstract The most abundant transition metal in biological systems is iron. It is incorporated into protein cofactors and serves either catalytic, redox or regulatory purposes. Anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) bacteria rely heavily on iron-containing proteins – especially cytochromes – for their energy conservation, which occurs within a unique organelle, the anammoxosome. Both their anaerobic lifestyle and the presence of an additional cellular compartment challenge our understanding of iron processing. Here, we combine existing concepts of iron uptake, utilization and metabolism, and cellular fate with genomic and still limited biochemical and physiological data on anammox bacteria to propose pathways these bacteria may employ. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ef7b7870-e51b-4b7b-8cbd-4ddda105e1ab DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.03.009 ISSN 1367-5931 Source Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 37, 129-136 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type review Rights © 2017 Christina Ferousi, S. Lindhoud, Frauke Baymann, Boran Kartal, M.S.M. Jetten, Joachim Reimann Files PDF 1_s2.0_S1367593117300546_main.pdf 1.11 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ef7b7870-e51b-4b7b-8cbd-4ddda105e1ab/datastream/OBJ/view