Beating the acetyl coenzyme A-pathway to the origin of life

The inevitable journey to being

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Evolution and diversification of Group 1 [NiFe] hydrogenases. Is there a phylogenetic marker for O2-tolerance?

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Electron transport during aceticlastic methanogenesis byMethanosarcina acetivoransinvolves a sodium-translocating Rnf complex

(2012) Katharina Schlegel et al.   FEBS Journal

The enigma of reactive nitrogen in volcanic emissions

(2012) R.S. Martin et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Cation distribution and mixing thermodynamics in Fe/Ni thiospinels

(2012) Saima Haider et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Zero-valent sulphur is a key intermediate in marine methane oxidation

(2012) Jana Milucka et al.   NATURE

An Ancient Pathway Combining Carbon Dioxide Fixation with the Generation and Utilization of a Sodium Ion Gradient for ATP Synthesis

(2012) Anja Poehlein et al.   PLoS One

A Deeply Branching Thermophilic Bacterium with an Ancient Acetyl-CoA Pathway Dominates a Subsurface Ecosystem

(2012) Hideto Takami et al.   PLoS One

The ineluctable requirement for the trans-iron elements molybdenum and/or tungsten in the origin of life

(2012) Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet et al.   Scientific Reports

Evidence for Horizontal Gene Transfer of Anaerobic Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenases

(2012) Stephen M. Techtmann et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Ecological Aspects of the Distribution of Different Autotrophic CO2Fixation Pathways

(2011) Ivan A. Berg   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The catalytic mechanism ofPseudomonas aeruginosa cd1nitrite reductase

(2011) Serena Rinaldo et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Redox bifurcations: Mechanisms and importance to life now, and at its origin

(2011) Wolfgang Nitschke et al.   BIOESSAYS

New model for molybdenum behavior in euxinic waters

(2011) George R. Helz et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Anaerobic oxidation of methane with sulfate: on the reversibility of the reactions that are catalyzed by enzymes also involved in methanogenesis from CO2

(2011) Rudolf K Thauer   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogeny and evolution of the Archaea: one hundred genomes later

(2011) Celine Brochier-Armanet et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Interactive Tree Of Life v2: online annotation and display of phylogenetic trees made easy

(2011) I. Letunic et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Alternative Pathways of Carbon Dioxide Fixation: Insights into the Early Evolution of Life?

(2010) Georg Fuchs   Annual Review of Microbiology

How did LUCA make a living? Chemiosmosis in the origin of life

(2010) Nick Lane et al.   BIOESSAYS

Biochemistry, evolution and physiological function of the Rnf complex, a novel ion-motive electron transport complex in prokaryotes

(2010) Eva Biegel et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Serpentinization as a source of energy at the origin of life

(2010) M. J. RUSSELL et al.   Geobiology

The key nickel enzyme of methanogenesis catalyses the anaerobic oxidation of methane

(2010) Silvan Scheller et al.   NATURE

Nitrite-driven anaerobic methane oxidation by oxygenic bacteria

(2010) Katharina F. Ettwig et al.   NATURE

Autotrophic carbon fixation in archaea

(2010) Ivan A. Berg et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Methanol Assimilation in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1: Demonstration of All Enzymes and Their Regulation

(2010) Hana Šmejkalová et al.   PLoS One

Methanation of carbon dioxide: an overview

(2010) Wang Wei et al.   Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering

Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane: Progress with an Unknown Process

(2009) Katrin Knittel et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Hydrothermal Focusing of Chemical and Chemiosmotic Energy, Supported by Delivery of Catalytic Fe, Ni, Mo/W, Co, S and Se, Forced Life to Emerge

(2009) Wolfgang Nitschke et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Manganese- and Iron-Dependent Marine Methane Oxidation

(2009) E. J. Beal et al.   SCIENCE

Methane as Fuel for Anaerobic Microorganisms

(2008) Rudolf K. Thauer et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Abiotic ammonium formation in the presence of Ni-Fe metals and alloys and its implications for the Hadean nitrogen cycle

(2008) Alexander Smirnov et al.   GEOCHEMICAL TRANSACTIONS

Formate as the Main Branch Point for Methylotrophic Metabolism in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1

(2008) G. J. Crowther et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Abiogenic Hydrocarbon Production at Lost City Hydrothermal Field

(2008) G. Proskurowski et al.   SCIENCE

Was nitric oxide the first deep electron sink?

(2008) Anne-Lise Ducluzeau et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

The prokaryotic complex iron–sulfur molybdoenzyme family

(2007) Richard A. Rothery et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES