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ROLE OF FERREDOXIN IN THE METABOLISM OF MOLECULAR HYDROGEN.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 85 ·1963-05-00 ·Pages 1114-20

VALENTINE RC, WOLFE RS

Abstract

Valentine, R. C. (University of Illinois, Urbana) and R. S. Wolfe. Role of ferredoxin in the metabolism of molecular hydrogen. J. Bacteriol. 85:1114-1120. 1963.-The metabolism of molecular hydrogen by Clostridium pasteurianum, Micrococcus lactilyticus (Veillonella alcalescens), and several other anaerobic bacteria was studied. Oxidation of hydrogen, using several electron-accepting substrates including triphosphopyridine nucleotide, uric acid, xanthine, nitrite, and hydroxylamine, required ferredoxin in conjunction with hydrogenase. Evolution of hydrogen from pyruvate, alpha-ketoglutarate, hypoxanthine, and dithionite was mediated by ferredoxin. On the basis of these findings, a unitary hypothesis for biological hydrogen evolution is proposed in which ferredoxin plays a key role.

Keywords
BUTYRIBACTERIUM CHROMATOGRAPHY CLOSTRIDIUM COLORIMETRY CYTOCHROMES DESULFOVIBRIO EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY HYDROGEN HYDROXYLAMINES KETOGLUTARIC ACID METABOLISM MICROCOCCUS NADP NITRITES OXIDATION-REDUCTION PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS PYRUVATES RHODOSPIRILLUM STREPTOCOCCUS URIC ACID XANTHINES
MeSH Terms
Chromatography Clostridium Colorimetry Cytochromes Desulfovibrio Eubacterium Ferredoxins Hydrogen Hydrogenase Hydroxylamines Ketoglutaric Acids Metabolism Micrococcus NADP Nitrites Oxidation-Reduction Peptostreptococcus Pyruvates Research Rhodospirillum Streptococcus Uric Acid Xanthines
Chemicals
Cytochromes Ferredoxins Hydroxylamines Ketoglutaric Acids Nitrites Pyruvates Xanthines Uric Acid NADP Hydrogen Hydrogenase
Authors & Affiliations
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VALENTINE R C
WOLFE R S
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.85.5.1114-1120.1963
Published
1963-05-00
Pages
1114-20
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC278291
Subset
OM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.85.5.1114-1120.1963 PMC Full Text View journal details
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