Innovations in the electron transport chain fuel archaeal methane metabolism.
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75% confidenceThis MES study investigates anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME), electron transport, energy conservation. The research focuses on system optimization and characterization.
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Abstract
Methanogenic archaea (or methanogens) produce methane as a by-product of energy metabolism. Strategies for energy conservation differ across methanogens. Some lineages use an electron transport chain (ETC) with an endogenously produced heterodisulfide as an electron acceptor. Of late, culture-independent -omics techniques and genome editing tools have provided new insights into the evolution and function of bioenergetic complexes in methanogen ETCs, which will be the primary focus of this review. We will also discuss how the ETC enhances metabolic flexibility in methanogens and can even permit anaerobic respiration decoupled from methanogenesis. Finally, we expand on how innovations in the ETC might have enabled anaerobic methane oxidation in a closely related group of microorganisms called anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME).