Mohd Zulkhairi Mohd Yusoff et al.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 439(4), 576-579 (2013-09-13)
Pseudogenes are considered to be nonfunctional genes that lack a physiological role. By screening 3985 Escherichia coli mutants using chemochromic membranes, we found four pseudogenes involved in hydrogen metabolism. Knockouts of pseudogenes ydfW and ypdJ had a defective hydrogen phenotype