Accepted name: iron—cytochrome-c reductase
Reaction: ferrocytochrome c + Fe3+ = ferricytochrome c + Fe2+
Other name(s): iron-cytochrome c reductase; mtrC (gene name); omcA (gene name); omcB (gene name)
Systematic name: ferrocytochrome-c:Fe3+ oxidoreductase
Comments: The MtrC and OmcA proteins of the bacterium Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 are decaheme c-type cytochromes that reduce iron oxides extracellularly, passing the electrons to MtrA, another decaheme c-type cytochrome located in the periplasm.
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References:
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