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This enzyme complex is present in both sulfate-reducing bacteria and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, and acts in opposite directions during the reductive and oxidative pathways, respectively. DsrM and DsrP contain b-type hemes, DsrJ contains c-type hemes, DsrO is a ferredoxin-like protein, and DsrK is the catalytic subunit that acts as a disulfide reductase on DsrC proteins that contain a trisulfide bridge [1,3,4]. The complex receives the electrons from the membrane quinone pool [2,3]. |
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