Molecular reactions involved in ethane degradation. (IMAGE)
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Molecular reactions involved in ethane degradation. The metabolism of the microbe converts ethane into CO and formyl-MFR, used as substrates by the enzymes of this study (presented as surface colored by subunit) to generate CO2. The generated electrons navigate in the enzymes (cyan dashed arrows) to reduce F420 – the molecule responsible for the shiny blue color of the organism under UV light. The background image shows the F420-dependent fluorescence of the ethane-degrading microbes under the microscope.
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Olivier Lemaire/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
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