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  • 1
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Archives of microbiology 166 (1996), S. 122-127 
    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Keywords: Key words Flavodoxin ; Wolinella succinogenes ; Pyruvate synthase
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract A monomeric flavoprotein (18.8 kDa) was isolated from the soluble cell fraction of Wolinella succinogenes and was identified as a flavodoxin based on its N-terminal sequence, FMN content, and redox properties. The midpoint potentials of the flavodoxin (Fld) at pH 7.5 were measured as –95 mV (Fldox/Flds) and –450 mV (Flds/Fldred) relative to the standard hydrogen electrode. The cellular flavodoxin content [0.3 μmol (g protein)–1] was the same in bacteria grown with fumarate or with polysulfide as the terminal acceptor of electron transport. The flavodoxin did not accept electrons from hydrogenase or formate dehydrogenase, the donor enzymes of electron transport to fumarate or polysulfide. Pyruvate:flavodoxin oxidoreductase activity [180 U (g cellular protein)–1] was detected in the soluble cell fraction of W. succinogenes grown with fumarate or polysulfide. The enzyme was equally active with Fldox or Flds at high concentrations. The K m for Flds (80 μM) was larger than that for Fldox and for the ferredoxin isolated from W. succinogenes (15 μM). We conclude that flavodoxin serves anabolic rather than catabolic functions in W. succinogenes.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Keywords: Key words Fumarate reduction ; Sulfide oxidation ; Wolinella succinogenes ; Shewanella putrefaciens
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract During growth with fumarate as the terminal electron transport acceptor and either formate or sulfide as the electron donor, Wolinella succinogenes induced a peri-plasmic protein (54 kDa) that reacted with an antiserum raised against the periplasmic fumarate reductase (Fcc) of Shewanella putrefaciens. However, the periplasmic cell fraction of W. succinogenes did not catalyze fumarate reduction with viologen radicals. W. succinogenes grown with polysulfide instead of fumarate contained much less (〈 10%) of the 54-kDa antigen, and the antigen was not detectable in nitrate-grown bacteria. The antigen was most likely encoded by the fccA gene of W. succinogenes. The antigen was absent from a ΔfccABC mutant, and its size is close to that of the protein predicted by fccA. The fccA gene probably encodes a pre-protein carrying an N-terminal signal peptide. The sequence of the mature FccA (481 residues, 52.4 kDa) is similar (31% identity) to that of the C-terminal part (450 residues) of S. putrefaciens fumarate reductase. As indicated by Northern blot analysis, fccA is cotranscribed with fccB and fccC. The proteins predicted from the fccB and fccC gene sequences represent tetraheme cytochromes c. FccB is similar to the N-terminal part (150 residues) of S. putrefaciens fumarate reductase, while FccC resembles the tetraheme cytochromes c of the NirT/NapC family. The ΔfccABC mutant of W. succinogenes grew with fumarate and formate or sulfide, suggesting that the deleted proteins were not required for fumarate respiration with either electron donor.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Keywords: Sulphur respiration ; Polysulphide ; Electron transport ; Wolinella succinogenes
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Polysulphide was formed according to reaction (1), when tetrathionate was (1) $${\text{S}}_4 {\text{O}}_6^{2 - } + {\text{HS}}^ - \to 2{\text{S}}_2 {\text{O}}_3^{2 - } + {\text{S(O)}} + {\text{H}}^ + $$ added to an anaerobic buffer (pH 8.5) containing excess sulphide. S(O) denotes the zero oxidation state sulphur in the polysulphide mixture S infn sup2- . The addition of formate to the polysulphide solution in the presence of Wolinella succinogenes caused the reduction of polysulphide according to reaction (2). The bacteria grew in a medium containing formate and sulphide, (2) $${\text{HCO}}_2^ - + {\text{S(O)}} + {\text{H}}2{\text{O}} \to {\text{HCO}}_3^ - + {\text{HS}}^ - + {\text{H}}^ + $$ when tetrathionate was continuously added. The cell density increased proportional to reaction (3) which represents the sum of reactions (1) and (3) $${\text{HCO}}_2^ - + {\text{S}}_{\text{4}} {\text{O}}_6^{2 - } + {\text{H}}2{\text{O}} \to {\text{HCO}}_3^ - + 2{\text{S}}_{\text{2}} {\text{O}}_3^{2 - } + 2{\text{H}}^ + $$ (2). The cell yield per mol formate was nearly the same as during growth on formate and elemental sulphur, while the velocity of growth was greater. The specific activities of polysulphide reduction by formate measured with bacteria grown with tetrathionate or with elemental sulphur were consistent with the growth parameters. The results suggest that W. succinogenes grow at the expense of formate oxidation by polysulphide and that polysulphide is an intermediate during growth on formate and elemental sulphur.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1365-2958
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Wolinella succinogenes can grow by anaerobic respiration with nitrate or nitrite using formate as electron donor. Two forms of nitrite reductase were isolated from the membrane fraction of W. succinogenes. One form consisted of a 58 kDa polypeptide (NrfA) that was identical to the periplasmic nitrite reductase. The other form consisted of NrfA and a 22 kDa polypeptide (NrfH). Both forms catalysed nitrite reduction by reduced benzyl viologen, but only the dimeric form catalysed nitrite reduction by dimethylnaphthoquinol. Liposomes containing heterodimeric nitrite reductase, formate dehydrogenase and menaquinone catalysed the electron transport from formate to nitrite; this was coupled to the generation of an electrochemical proton potential (positive outside) across the liposomal membrane. It is concluded that the electron transfer from menaquinol to the catalytic subunit (NrfA) of W. succinogenes nitrite reductase is mediated by NrfH. The structural genes nrfA and nrfH were identified in an apparent operon (nrfHAIJ) with two additional genes. The gene nrfA encodes the precursor of NrfA carrying an N-terminal signal peptide (22 residues). NrfA (485 residues) is predicted to be a hydrophilic protein that is similar to the NrfA proteins of Sulfurospirillum deleyianum and of Escherichia coli. NrfH (177 residues) is predicted to be a membrane-bound tetrahaem cytochrome c belonging to the NapC/NirT family. The products of nrfI and nrfJ resemble proteins involved in cytochrome c biogenesis. The C-terminal third of NrfI (902 amino acid residues) is similar to CcsA proteins from Gram-positive bacteria, cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. The residual N-terminal part of NrfI resembles Ccs1 proteins. The deduced NrfJ protein resembles the thioredoxin-like proteins (ResA) of Helicobacter pylori and of Bacillus subtilis, but lacks the common motif CxxC of ResA. The properties of three deletion mutants of W. succinogenes (ΔnrfJ,ΔnrfIJ and ΔnrfAIJ) were studied. Mutants ΔnrfAIJ and ΔnrfIJ did not grow with nitrite as terminal electron acceptor or with nitrate in the absence of NH4+ and lacked nitrite reductase activity, whereas mutant ΔnrfJ showed wild-type properties. The NrfA protein formed by mutant ΔnrfIJ seemed to lack part of the haem C, suggesting that NrfI is involved in NrfA maturation.
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  • 5
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    FEMS microbiology reviews 22 (1998), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1574-6976
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Anaerobic respiration with elemental sulfur/polysulfide or organic disulfides is performed by several bacteria and archaea, but has only been investigated in a few organisms in detail. The electron transport chain that catalyzes polysulfide reduction in the Gram-negative bacterium Wolinella succinogenes consists of a dehydrogenase (formate dehydrogenase or hydrogenase) and polysulfide reductase. The enzymes are integrated in the cytoplasmic membrane with the catalytic subunits exposed to the periplasm. The mechanism of electron transfer from formate dehydrogenase or hydrogenase to polysulfide reductase is discussed. The catalytic subunit of polysulfide reductase belongs to the family of molybdopterin-dinucleotide-containing oxidoreductases. From the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrodictium abyssi isolate TAG11 an integral membrane complex has been isolated which catalyzes the reduction of sulfur with H2 as electron donor. This enzyme complex, which is composed of a hydrogenase and a sulfur reductase, contains heme groups and several iron-sulfur clusters, but does not contain molybdenum or tungsten. In methanogenic archaea, the heterodisulfide of coenzyme M and coenzyme B is the terminal electron acceptor of the respiratory chain. In methanogens belonging to the order Methanosarcinales, this respiratory chain is composed of a dehydrogenase, the membrane-soluble electron carrier methanophenazine, and heterodisulfide reductase. The catalytic subunit of heterodisulfide reductase contains only iron-sulfur clusters. An iron-sulfur cluster may directly be involved in the reduction of the disulfide substrate.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1573-5001
    Keywords: chemical shifts ; homodimer ; NMR assignment ; polysulfide respiration ; polysulfide sulfur transferase
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1573-5001
    Keywords: 2H/13C/15N-labelled proteins ; proline ; sequential assignment ; slow 2H/1H exchange ; triple-resonance NMR ; TROSY
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract A TROSY-based triple-resonance pulse scheme is described which correlates backbone 1H and 15N chemical shifts of an amino acid residue with the 15N chemical shifts of both the sequentially preceding and following residues. The sequence employs 1 J NCα and 2 J NCα couplings in two sequential magnetization transfer steps in an `out-and-back' manner. As a result, N,N connectivities are obtained irrespective of whether the neighbouring amide nitrogens are protonated or not, which makes the experiment suitable for the assignment of proline resonances. Two different three-dimensional variants of the pulse sequence are presented which differ in sensitivity and resolution to be achieved in one of the nitrogen dimensions. The new method is demonstrated with two uniformly 2H/13C/15N-labelled proteins in the 30-kDa range.
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