Flavoprotein-mediated tellurite reduction: structural basis and applications to the synthesis of tellurium-containing nanostructures

The tellurium oxyanion tellurite (TeO32-) is extremely harmful for most organisms. It has been suggested that a potential bacterial tellurite resistance mechanism would consist of an enzymatic, NAD(P)H-dependent, reduction to the less toxic form elemental tellurium (Te0). To date, a number of enzyme...

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Main Authors: Mauricio Arenas-Salinas, Joaquín Ignacio Vargas, Wladimir Morales, Camilo Pinto, Pablo Muñoz, Fabian Alexis Cornejo, Benoit Pugin, Juan Sandoval, Waldo Diaz, Claudia Muñoz-Villagrán, Fernanda Jimena Rodríguez, Eduardo Morales, Claudio Christian Vásquez, Felipe Arenas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01160/full