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Structural and functional characterization of the gene products responsible for phototrophic iron oxidation by purple bacteria

Year: 2012

Type: dissertation

Abstract: Iron is an essential element in life. It is used in a variety of different processes in the energetic metabolism of different organisms. Among these bioenergetic processes is photoferrotrophy, characterized by the utilization of Fe(II) as the sole electron source for photosynthesis. The metabolic activity of photoferrotrophs is proposed to have had a relevant role in the formation of ancient geological structures consisting of Fe(III) minerals, such as the Banded Iron Formations.(...)

Source: Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT)

Author: Ivo H. Saraiva

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins

Subfield: Biochemistry

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2738746

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