A widespread and ancient bacterial machinery assembles cytochrome OmcS nanowires essential for extracellular electron transfer
Shen C, Salazar-Morales A, Jung W, Erwin J, Gu Y, Coelho A, Gupta K, Yalcin S, Samatey F, Malvankar N. A widespread and ancient bacterial machinery assembles cytochrome OmcS nanowires essential for extracellular electron transfer. Cell Chemical Biology 2025, 32: 239-254.e7. PMID: 39818215, PMCID: PMC11845295, DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2024.12.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtracellular electron transferPhylogenetically diverse speciesATP-dependent mannerMicrobial extracellular electron transferBacterial machineryDiverse prokaryotesDiverse speciesBiotechnological applicationsGeobacter sulfurreducensCell growthSurface-displayedMorphology maintenanceBiophysical methodsMulti-heme cytochromesCytochromeElectron transferOsCHSProkaryotesPhylogeneticallySulfurreducensGeobacterOverexpressionSpeciesMachinery
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