Molecular and regulatory properties of the nitrate reducing systems of Rhodobacter

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Castillo, F
Dobao, MM
Reyes, F
Blasco, R
Roldan, MD
Gavira, M
Caballero, FJ
MorenoVivian, C
MartinezLuque, M
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[1] Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Córdoba
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10.1007/s002849900125
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Phototrophic bacteria of the genus Rhodobacter possess several forms of nitrate reductase including assimilatory and dissimilatory enzymes. Assimilatory nitrate reductase from Rhodobacter capsulatus E1F1 is cytoplasmic, it uses NADH as the physiological electron donor and reduced viologens as artificial electron donors, and it is coupled to an ammonium-producing nitrite reductase. Nitrate reductase induction requires a high C/N balance and the presence of nitrate, nitrite, or nitroarenes. A periplasmic 47-kDa protein facilitates nitrate uptake, thus increasing nitrate reductase activity. Two types of dissimilatory nitrate reductases have been found in strains from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. One of them is coupled to a complete denitrifying pathway, and the other is a periplasmic protein whose physiological role seems to be the dissipation of excess reducing power, thus improving photoanaerobic growth. Periplasmic nitrate reductase does not use NADH as the physiological electron donor and is a 100-kDa heterodimeric hemoprotein that receives electrons through an electron transport chain spanning the plasma membrane. This nitrate reductase is regulated neither by the intracellular C/N balance nor by O-2 pressure. The enzyme also exhibits chlorate reductase activity, and both reaction products, nitrite and chlorite, are released almost stoichiometrically into the medium; this accounts for the high resistance to chlorate or nitrite exhibited by this bacterium. Nitrate reductases from both strains seem to be coded by genes located on megaplasmids.
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