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The coordination and function of the redox centres of the membrane-bound nitrate reductases

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Under anaerobic conditions and in the presence of nitrate, the facultative anaerobe Escherichia coli synthesises an electron-transport chain comprising a primary dehydrogenase and the terminal membrane-bound nitrate reductase A (NarGHI). This review focuses on recent advances obtained on the structure and function of the three protein subunits of membrane-bound nitrate reductases. We discuss a global architecture for the Mo-bisMGD-containing subunit (NarG) and a coordination model for the four [Fe–S] centres of the electron-transfer subunit (NarH) and for the two b-type haems of the anchor subunit NarI.

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  1. Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, IBSM, CNRS, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, F-13402 Marseille Cedex 20 (France), Fax +33 04 91 71 89 14, e-mail: blasco@ibsm.cnrs-mrs.fr , , , , , , FR

    F. Blasco*, A. Magalon & G. Giordano

  2. Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, IBSM, CNRS, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20 (France) , , , , , , FR

    B. Guigliarelli & M. Asso

  3. Department of Biochemistry, 474 Medical Science Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7 (Canada) , , , , , , CA

    R. A. Rothery

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Blasco*, F., Guigliarelli, B., Magalon, A. et al. The coordination and function of the redox centres of the membrane-bound nitrate reductases . CMLS, Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 58, 179–193 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00000846

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