A CYTOCHROME CD(1)-TYPE NITRITE REDUCTASE ISOLATED FROM THE MARINE DENITRIFIER PSEUDOMONAS-NAUTICA-617 - PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
A CYTOCHROME CD(1)-TYPE NITRITE REDUCTASE ISOLATED FROM THE MARINE DENITRIFIER PSEUDOMONAS-NAUTICA-617 - PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
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DOI:
10.1006/anae.1995.1021
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发表时间:
1995-08-01
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影响因子:
2.3
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FAUQUE, G
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作者:
BESSON, S;CARNEIRO, C;FAUQUE, G
Nitrite reductase (cytochrome cd(1)) was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity from the soluble extract of the marine denitrifying bacterium Pseudomonas nautica strain 617. Cells were anaerobically grown with 10 mM nitrate as final electron acceptor. The soluble fraction was purified by four successive chromatographic steps and the purest cytochrome cd(1) exhibited an A(280nm(oxidized))/A(410nm(oxidized)) coefficient of 0.90. In the course of purification, cytochrome cd(1) specific activity presented a maximum value of 0.048 units/mg of protein. This periplasmic enzyme is a homodimer and each 60 kDa subunit contains one heme c and one heme d(1) as prosthetic moieties, both in a low spin state. Redox potentials of hemes c and d(1) were determined at three different pH values (6.6, 7.6 and 8.6) and did not show any pH dependence. The first 20 amino acids of the NH2-terminal region of the protein were identified and the sequence showed 45% identity with the corresponding region of Pseudomonas aeruginosa nitrite reductase but no homology to Pseudomonas stutzeri and Paracoccus denitrificans enzymes. Spectroscopic properties of Pseudomonas nautica 617 cytochrome cd(1) in the ultraviolet-visible range and in electron paramagnetic resonance are described. The formation of a heme d(1)-nitric-oxide complex as an intermediate of nitrite reduction was demonstrated by electron paramagnetic resonance experiments. (C) 1995 Academic Press