A di-iron protein recruited as an Fe[II] and oxygen sensor for bacterial chemotaxis functions by stabilizing an iron-peroxy species.
Muok, A.R., Deng, Y., Gumerov, V.M., Chong, J.E., DeRosa, J.R., Kurniyati, K., Coleman, R.E., Lancaster, K.M., Li, C., Zhulin, I.B., Crane, B.R.(2019) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 116: 14955-14960
- PubMed: 31270241 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1904234116
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6QNM, 6QRQ, 6QWO, 6R9N - PubMed Abstract: 
Many bacteria contain cytoplasmic chemoreceptors that lack sensor domains. Here, we demonstrate that such cytoplasmic receptors found in 8 different bacterial and archaeal phyla genetically couple to metalloproteins related to β-lactamases and nitric oxide reductases ...