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Microbial Metabolism

LECTURE 11:. Microbial Metabolism. Microbiology and Virology; 3 Credit hours Atta- ur - Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB) National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). THE TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE.

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Microbial Metabolism

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  1. LECTURE 11: Microbial Metabolism Microbiology and Virology; 3 Credit hours Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB) National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)

  2. THE TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE • Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is the enzyme which converts pyruvate to acetyl-CoA • Acetyl-CoA is energy rich because a high energy thiol links acetic acid to coenzyme A.

  3. The Tri-carboxylic Acid Cycle • TCA cycle enzymes are widely distributed among microorganisms. • In procaryotes, they are located in the cytoplasmic matrix. • In eucaryotes they are found in the mitochondrial matrix. • The complete cycle appears to be functional in many aerobic bacteria, free-living protists, and fungi.

  4. The Electron Transport Chain • Electron transport chain is composed of a series of electron carriers that operate together to transfer electrons from donors, like NADH and FADH2, to acceptors, such as O • The electrons flow from carriers with more negative reduction potentials to those with more positive potentials and eventually combine with O2and H to form water. • The difference in reduction potentials between O2and NADH is large, about 1.14 volts, which makes possible the release of a great deal of energy

  5. The Electron Transport Chain

  6. The Electron Transport Chain

  7. ATP Synthase

  8. ETC System of E. coli • When oxygen is readily available, the cytochrome bobranch is used. • When oxygen levels are reduced, the cytochrome bd branch is used because it has a higher affinity for oxygen. • However, it is less efficient than the bo branch because the bd branch moves fewer protons into the periplasmic space

  9. flavoprotein (FP),methanol dehydrogenase (MD)

  10. Nitrate reductase (Nar), nitrite reductase (Nir), nitric oxide reductase (Nor), and nitrous oxide reductase (Nos)

  11. Bacteria such as Desulfovibrio are another example. They donate eight electrons to sulfate, reducing it to sulfide (S2or H2S). • The anaerobic reduction of nitrate makes it unavailable to the cell for assimilation or uptake. Therefore this process is called dissimilatorynitrate reduction. • P. denitrificansavoid the toxic effects of nitrite by reducing it to nitrogen gas, a process known as de-nitrification.

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