PERIPLASMIC AND MEMBRANE-BOUND RESPIRATORY NITRATE REDUCTASES IN THIOSPHAERA-PANTOTROPHA - THE PERIPLASMIC ENZYME CATALYZES THE 1ST STEP IN AEROBIC DENITRIFICATION

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作者
BELL, LC [1 ]
RICHARDSON, DJ [1 ]
FERGUSON, SJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV OXFORD,DEPT BIOCHEM,S PK RD,OXFORD OX1 3QU,ENGLAND
关键词
Denitrification; Nitrate reductase; Nitrate transport; Oxygen control; Periplasm; Thiosphaera pantotropha;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(90)80889-Q
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The unusual ability of Thiosphaera pantotropha to catalyze respiratory nitrate reduction under aerobic conditions is shown to correlate with the activity of a periplasmic nitrate reductase that is expressed under both aerobic and anaerobic growth conditions. The organism also synthesizes, but only under anaerobic conditions, a membrane-bound nitrate reductase which resembles the corresponding enzyme in Paracoccus denitrificans in respect of both catalytic properties and inhibition of activity in intact cells in the presence of oxygen. © 1990.
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