Publications by authors named "Ekaterina Petushkova"

Article Synopsis
  • The purple sulfur bacterium BBS has a thermostable enzyme called HydSL hydrogenase, crucial for hydrogen activation and sulfur reduction.
  • It has a unique genomic structure that needs to be fully sequenced to confirm its relation to sulfur metabolism.
  • The complete genome has been assembled, revealing insights into its metabolic functions and identifying key genes for sulfur metabolism and pigment biosynthesis compared to another related bacterium, DSM 180T.
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Thiocapsa bogorovii BBS (former name Thiocapsa roseopersicina) contains HydSL hydrogenase belonging to 1e subgroup of NiFe hydrogenases (isp-type). The operon of these hydrogenases contains gene for small subunit (hydS), gene for large subunit (hupL), and genes isp1 and isp2 between them. It is predicted that last two genes code electron transport careers for electron transfer from/to HydSL hydrogenase.

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Purple non-sulfur bacteria (PNSB) are anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria harnessing simple organic acids as electron donors. PNSB produce -aminolevulinic acid, polyhydroxyalcanoates, bacteriochlorophylls and , ubiquinones, and other valuable compounds. They are highly promising producers of molecular hydrogen.

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Pathways replenishing tricarboxylic acid cycle were divided into four major groups based on metabolite serving as source for oxaloacetic acid or other tricarboxylic acid cycle component synthesis. Using this metabolic map, the analysis of genetic potential for functioning of tricarboxylic acid cycle replenishment pathways was carried out for seven strains of purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris. The results varied from strain to strain.

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