title: Enzyme or electrode?
abstract: The process of dissimilatory metal reduction shapes our environment on a global scale by using minerals as terminal acceptors in a biological electron transport chain employed by bacteria under anaerobic conditions. In this issue of Structure, Edwards et al. present the structure of an extracellular undecaheme cytochrome involved in the step of electron transfer to metal oxides.
authors: Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. einsle@biochemie.uni-freiburg.de
authors: Oliver
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authors: Einsle
mesh_terms: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D003580:Cytochromes / Q000737:chemistry*; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D006418:Heme / Q000737:chemistry*; D007502:Iron Chelating Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D009571:Nitrilotriacetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D020592:Shewanella / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D003580:Cytochromes; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D007502:Iron Chelating Agents; D006418:Heme; C025314:ferric citrate; D009571:Nitrilotriacetic Acid; C020326:ferric nitrilotriacetate