Oxygen-tolerant H2 Oxidation by Membrane-bound [NiFe] Hydrogenases of Ralstonia Species
Oxygen-tolerant H2 Oxidation by Membrane-bound [NiFe] Hydrogenases of Ralstonia Species
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Ralstonia 种膜结合 [NiFe] 氢化酶的耐氧 H2 氧化
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发表时间:
2009
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4.8
通讯作者:
O. Lenz
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作者:
M. Ludwig;J. Cracknell;K. Vincent;F. Armstrong;O. Lenz
Knallgas bacteria such as certain Ralstonia spp. are able to obtain metabolic energy by oxidizing trace levels of H2 using O2 as the terminal electron acceptor. The [NiFe] hydrogenases produced by these organisms are unusual in their ability to oxidize H2 in the presence of O2, which is a potent inactivator of most hydrogenases through attack at the active site. To probe the origin of this unusual O2 tolerance, we conducted a study on the membrane-bound hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 and that of the closely related organism Ralstonia metallidurans CH34, which was purified using a new heterologous overproduction system. Direct electrochemical methods were used to determine apparent inhibition constants for O2 inhibition of H2 oxidation (atchmode documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} usepackage{amssymb} usepackage{amsfonts} usepackage{amsmath} pagestyle{empty} egin{document} (K_{I(mathrm{app})}^{mathrm{O}_{2}}) end{document}) for each enzyme. These values were at least 2 orders of magnitude higher than those of “standard” [NiFe] hydrogenases. Amino acids close to the active site were exchanged in the membrane-bound hydrogenase of R. eutropha H16 for those from standard hydrogenases to probe the role of individual residues in conferring O2 sensitivity. Michaelis constants for H2 (atchmode documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} usepackage{amssymb} usepackage{amsfonts} usepackage{amsmath} pagestyle{empty} egin{document} (K_{M}^{mathrm{H}_{2}}) end{document}) were determined, and for some mutants these were increased more than 20-fold relative to the wild type. Mutations resulting in membrane-bound hydrogenase enzymes with increased atchmode documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} usepackage{amssymb} usepackage{amsfonts} usepackage{amsmath} pagestyle{empty} egin{document} (K_{M}^{mathrm{H}_{2}}) end{document} or decreased atchmode documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} usepackage{amssymb} usepackage{amsfonts} usepackage{amsmath} pagestyle{empty} egin{document} (K_{I(mathrm{app})}^{mathrm{O}_{2}}) end{document}) values were associated with impaired lithoautotrophic growth in the presence of high O2 concentrations.