Energy conservation by oxidation of formate to carbon dioxide and hydrogen via a sodium ion current in a hyperthermophilic archaeon
Energy conservation by oxidation of formate to carbon dioxide and hydrogen via a sodium ion current in a hyperthermophilic archaeon
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1407056111
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发表时间:
2014-08-05
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Mueller, Volker
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作者:
Lim, Jae Kyu;Mayer, Florian;Mueller, Volker
Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 is known to grow by the anaerobic oxidation of formate to CO2 and H-2, a reaction that operates near thermodynamic equilibrium. Here we demonstrate that this reaction is coupled to ATP synthesis by a transmembrane ion current. Formate oxidation leads to H+ translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane that then drives Na+ translocation. The ion-translocating electron transfer system is rather simple, consisting of only a formate dehydrogenase module, a membrane-bound hydrogenase module, and a multisubunit Na+/H+ antiporter module. The electrochemical Na+ gradient established then drives ATP synthesis. These data give a mechanistic explanation for chemiosmotic energy conservation coupled to formate oxidation to CO2 and H-2. Because it is discussed that the membrane-bound hydrogenase with the Na+/H+ antiporter module are ancestors of complex I of mitochondrial and bacterial electron transport these data also shed light on the evolution of ion transport in complex I-like electron transport chains.