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While ubiquinones were initially proposed as the primary electron source for MsrPQ, in\u00a0vitro studies suggested that the flavin reductase Fre and the FMN cofactor of MsrQ are essential for electron transfer from cytoplasmic NADH to MsrP. However, their physiological relevance in\u00a0vivo remained unclear. Here, we investigated the role of Fre and FMN in the MsrPQ system using\n                    <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">\n                      <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:styled-content>\n                    as a model organism. We demonstrate that deletion of the\n                    <jats:italic>fre<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene does not impair MsrPQ activity, as \u0394\n                    <jats:italic>fre<\/jats:italic>\n                    mutants exhibit wild\u2010type growth on methionine sulfoxide and maintain normal colony morphology under anaerobic chlorate stress. Additionally, the redox state of periplasmic proteins remains unaffected in \u0394\n                    <jats:italic>fre<\/jats:italic>\n                    strains, unlike in \u0394\n                    <jats:italic>msrPQ<\/jats:italic>\n                    mutants where these proteins accumulate in an oxidized form. Furthermore, we show that the MsrQ\n                    <jats:sup>H151A<\/jats:sup>\n                    and MsrQ\n                    <jats:sup>R77A\/R78A<\/jats:sup>\n                    variants, which lack the FMN cofactor and exhibit altered quinone\u2010binding capacity, respectively, retain full functionality in\u00a0vivo, albeit with a delayed growth phenotype on methionine sulfoxide. However, we show that Fre becomes necessary for efficient methionine sulfoxide utilization by the MsrPQ system when MsrQ is plasmid\u2010expressed, and that this dependence is further increased when MsrQ is impaired in ubiquinone binding. These observations indicate that the contribution of Fre is conditionally determined by MsrQ abundance. Collectively, our findings reveal that the MsrPQ system operates through a redundant network of electron transfer pathways, with ubiquinone as a central player. This redundancy likely represents an evolutionary adaptation to ensure robust proteostasis even when specific components of the electron transfer chain are compromised.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/mmi.70070","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,13]],"date-time":"2026-04-13T18:59:24Z","timestamp":1776106764000},"page":"493-505","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Redundant and Flexible Electron Transfer Pathways Underlie\n                    <scp>MsrPQ<\/scp>\n                    \u2010Mediated Repair of Oxidized Periplasmic Proteins"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"125","author":[{"given":"Laurent","family":"Loiseau","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Bact\u00e9rienne, Institut de Microbiologie de la M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e Aix\u2010Marseille University  Marseille 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