Conclusion
Some aspects of the proposed Rbr/Rbo oxidative stress defense system in D. vulgaris resemble those recently suggested for oxidative stress protection in the anaerobic hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus(Jenney et al. 1999). Pyrococcus furiosus contains an Nlr-like protein with superoxide reductase activity as well as an Rbr, the genes for which are tandemly located. The microorganismic segregation of SOD/catalase between aerobes and anaerobes appears to be less distinct than for Rbo/Rbr, which, as noted above, have so far been found only in air-sensitive microbes (Kirschvink et al. 2000). The latter segregation suggests that the Rbo/Rbr oxidative stress protection system is well suited to protection of anaerobic life in an aerobic world.
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Kurtz, D.M. (2003). Oxygen and Anaerobes. In: Ljungdahl, L.G., Adams, M.W., Barton, L.L., Ferry, J.G., Johnson, M.K. (eds) Biochemistry and Physiology of Anaerobic Bacteria. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22731-8_10
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