First evidence for existence of an uphill electron transfer through the bc1 and NADH-Q oxidoreductase complexes of the acidophilic obligate chemolithotrophic ferrous ion-oxidizing bacterium Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3602-3606

  Elbehti, A ^a,c   Brasseur, G ^a   Lemesle Meunier, D ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FERROUS ION; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; CELL ENERGY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; NAD; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; THIOBACILLUS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0034123440     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.12.3602-3606.2000     Document Type: Article

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