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Extracellular Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium by Cytochromes MtrC and OmcA of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 77, Issue 12, Pages 4035-4041

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02463-10

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  1. NIEHS/NIH [21R01ES017070-01]
  2. Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
  3. DOE-BER at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
  4. DOE by Battelle [DE-AC05-76RLO 1830]

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To characterize the roles of cytochromes MtrC and OmcA of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 in Cr(VI) reduction, the effects of deleting the mtrC and/or omcA gene on Cr(VI) reduction and the cellular locations of reduced Cr(III) precipitates were investigated. Compared to the rate of reduction of Cr(VI) by the wild type (wt), the deletion of mtrC decreased the initial rate of Cr(VI) reduction by 43.5%, while the deletion of omcA or both mtrC and omcA lowered the rate by 53.4% and 68.9%, respectively. In wt cells, Cr(III) precipitates were detected by transmission electron microscopy in the extracellular matrix between the cells, in association with the outer membrane, and inside the cytoplasm. No extracellular matrix-associated Cr(III) precipitates, however, were found in the cytochrome mutant cell suspension. In mutant cells without either MtrC or OmcA, most Cr(III) precipitates were found in association with the outer membrane, while in mutant cells lacking both MtrC and OmcA, most Cr(III) precipitates were found inside the cytoplasm. Cr(III) precipitates were also detected by scanning election microscopy on the surfaces of the wt and mutants without MtrC or OmcA but not on the mutant cells lacking both MtrC and OmcA, demonstrating that the deletion of mtrC and omcA diminishes the extracellular formation of Cr(III) precipitates. Furthermore, purified MtrC and OmcA reduced Cr(VI) with apparent k(cat) values of 1.2 +/- 0.2 (mean +/- standard deviation) and 10.2 +/- 1 s(-1) and K-m values of 34.1 +/- 4.5 and 41.3 +/- 7.9 mu M, respectively. Together, these results consistently demonstrate that MtrC and OmcA are the terminal reductases used by S. oneidensis MR-1 for extracellular Cr(VI) reduction where OmcA is a predominant Cr(VI) reductase.

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