title: In vivo participation of artificial porphyrins in electron-transport chains: electrochemical and spectroscopic analyses of microbial metabolism.
abstract: The effects of artificial porphyrins on the electron-transport chains of living microbes were investigated. The participation of porphyrins in the microbial electron-transport chains was demonstrated by spectroscopic and current-generation measurements. Large enhancement of the microbial current generation was accomplished by adding a cationic water-soluble manganese porphyrin as an electron mediator.
authors.affiliation: HASHIMOTO Light Energy Conversion Project, ERATO/JST, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirakawa
authors.forename: Ryuhei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Kazuhito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D004579:Electron Transport; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D020592:Shewanella / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008665:Metalloporphyrins