Molecular evolution of the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway and the reductive glycine pathway in Desulfobacterota [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyCarbon fixation is a fundamental metabolic process that sustains ecosystems, yet its origins and evolutionary history remain largely unresolved. In this study, we focused on the Wood-Ljungdahl (WL) pathway, which is considered one of the most ancient ...
Tomoyuki Wakashima +5 more
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Insights into the genome structure of four acetogenic bacteria with specific reference to the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpen, 2019 Acetogenic bacteria are obligate anaerobes with the ability of converting carbon dioxide and other one‐carbon substrates into acetate through the Wood–Ljungdahl (WL) pathway.
Alfonso Esposito +5 more
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Single-Cell Genomics of Novel Actinobacteria With the Wood–Ljungdahl Pathway Discovered in a Serpentinizing System [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Serpentinite-hosted systems represent modern-day analogs of early Earth environments. In these systems, water-rock interactions generate highly alkaline and reducing fluids that can contain hydrogen, methane, and low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons-potent ...
Nancy Merino +14 more
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Agr Quorum Sensing influences the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway in Clostridium autoethanogenum [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Acetogenic bacteria are capable of fermenting CO2 and carbon monoxide containing waste-gases into a range of platform chemicals and fuels. Despite major advances in genetic engineering and improving these biocatalysts, several important physiological ...
Pawel Piatek +7 more
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Wood–Ljungdahl pathway found in novel marine Korarchaeota groups illuminates their evolutionary history [PDF]
mSystems, 2023 Korarchaeota, due to its rarity in common environments, is one of the archaeal phyla that has received the least attention from researchers. It was previously thought to consist solely of strict thermophiles.
Jie Pan +6 more
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Insight into the function and evolution of the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway in Actinobacteria [PDF]
ISME Journal, 2021 Abstract Carbon fixation by chemoautotrophic microbes such as homoacetogens had a major impact on the transition from the inorganic to the organic world. Recent reports have shown the presence of genes for key enzymes associated with the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway (WLP) in the phylum Actinobacteria, which adds to the diversity of potential ...
Brian Hedlund +2 more
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Methanogenesis and the Wood–Ljungdahl Pathway: An Ancient, Versatile, and Fragile Association [PDF]
Genome Biology and Evolution, 2016 Methanogenesis coupled to the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway is one of the most ancient metabolisms for energy generation and carbon fixation in the Archaea. Recent results are sensibly changing our view on the diversity of methane-cycling capabilities in this Domain of Life.
Simonetta Gribaldo +2 more
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Enzymology of the Wood–Ljungdahl Pathway of Acetogenesis [PDF]
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2008 The biochemistry of acetogenesis is reviewed. The microbes that catalyze the reactions that are central to acetogenesis are described and the focus is on the enzymology of the process. These microbes play a key role in the global carbon cycle, producing over 10 trillion kilograms of acetic acid annually.
Stephen Ragsdale
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Acetogenesis and the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway of CO2 fixation [PDF]
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 2008 Conceptually, the simplest way to synthesize an organic molecule is to construct it one carbon at a time. The Wood-Ljungdahl pathway of CO(2) fixation involves this type of stepwise process. The biochemical events that underlie the condensation of two one-carbon units to form the two-carbon compound, acetate, have intrigued chemists, biochemists, and ...
Stephen Ragsdale, Elizabeth Pierce
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Diverse Energy-Conserving Pathways in Clostridium difficile: Growth in the Absence of Amino Acid Stickland Acceptors and the Role of the Wood-Ljungdahl Pathway [PDF]
Journal of Bacteriology, 2020 Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic, multidrug-resistant, toxin-producing pathogen with major health impacts worldwide. It is the only widespread pathogen harboring a complete set of Wood-Ljungdahl pathway (WLP) genes; however, the role of the WLP in C. difficile is poorly understood.
David Grahame, Simonida Gencic
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