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| Title | Diversity of electron-bifurcating CO-fixing supercomplexes in methanogens. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Sci Adv, Vol. 12, Issue 38, Page eaed3711, Year 2026 |
| Publish date | Sep 18, 2026 |
Authors | Pablo San Segundo-Acosta / Shunsuke Nomura / Joao Pedro Fernandes-Queiroz / Evgenii Protasov / Jörg Kahnt / Masanori Kaneko / Georg Hochberg / Seigo Shima / Bonnie J Murphy / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | In the hydrogenotrophic methanogenic pathway, formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase (Fmd) reduces and fixes CO, driven by low-potential electrons provided by electron-bifurcating heterodisulfide reductase ...In the hydrogenotrophic methanogenic pathway, formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase (Fmd) reduces and fixes CO, driven by low-potential electrons provided by electron-bifurcating heterodisulfide reductase (Hdr) complexed with electron-donating proteins such as Mvh hydrogenase. Here, we report the structure of a C2-symmetric (Mvh-Hdr)-Fmd supercomplex from a Class I methanogen, , which is architecturally different from the previously reported ring-shaped D3-symmetric supercomplex of a methanogen belonging to phylogenetically distinct Class II methanogens. In this C2-symmetric form, the redox active sites of Hdr and Fmd are connected by two MvhB polyferredoxins, whose branching electron paths appear to be available for electron transfer to/from other partners. The ancestral form was likely C2 symmetric, whereas D3-symmetric supercomplexes were acquired by horizontal gene transfer, a transition probably helpful for growth in substrate-poor environments. |
External links | Sci Adv / PubMed:42748252 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.02 - 3.42 Å |
| Structure data | ![]() EMDB-55269: Focused map of the FmdABCFG(1) unit of the Mvh-Hdr-Fmd complex of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55270: Focused map of the MvhB subunit of the Mvh-Hdr-Fmd complex of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55271: Focused map of the FmdABCFG(2) unit of the Mvh-Hdr-Fmd complex of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55272: Focused map of the FmdF dimer unit of the Mvh-Hdr-Fmd complex of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55273: Focused map of the C-terminus of the MvhB subunit of the Mvh-Hdr-Fmd complex of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55274: Consensus map of the mobile arm under state 2 substate a of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55275: MvhAGD-focused map of the mobile arm under state 2 substate b of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55276: HdrA-focused map of the mobile arm under state 2 substate b of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55277: HdrBC-focused map of the mobile arm under state 2 substate b of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55278: Consensus map of the mobile arm under state 2 substate b of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55279: HdrBC-focused map of the mobile arm under state 1 substate a of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55280: MvhAGD-focused map of the mobile arm under state 1 substate a of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55281: HdrA-focused map of the mobile arm under state 1 substate a of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55282: MvhAGD-focused map of the mobile arm under state 1 substate b of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55283: HdrA-focused map of the mobile arm under state 1 substate b of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55284: Consensus map of the mobile arm under state 1 substate b of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55285: HdrBC-focused map of the mobile arm under state 1 substate b of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55286: HdrBC-focused map of the mobile arm under state 2 substate a of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55287: MvhAGD-focused map of the mobile arm under state 2 substate a of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55288: HdrA-focused map of the mobile arm under state 2 substate a of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55289: Consensus map of the mobile arm under state 1 substate a of M. marburgensis ![]() EMDB-55294: Consensus low resolution map of the flavin-bifurcating CO2-fixing Mvh-Hdr-Fmd supercomplex from Methanothermobacter marburgensis EMDB-55295, PDB-9sw2: EMDB-55296, PDB-9sw3: EMDB-55297, PDB-9sw4: EMDB-55298, PDB-9sw5: EMDB-55299, PDB-9sw6: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-SF4: ![]() ChemComp-FAD: ![]() ChemComp-9S8: ![]() ChemComp-FES: ![]() ChemComp-FCO: ![]() ChemComp-NI: ![]() ChemComp-HOH: ![]() ChemComp-ZN: ![]() ChemComp-MGD: ![]() ChemComp-MO: ![]() ChemComp-H2S: ![]() ChemComp-F3S: |
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Keywords | OXIDOREDUCTASE / hydrogenase / dehydrogenase / polyferredoxin |
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