Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 470, Issue 2, Pages 216-220Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01321-1
Keywords
nitrate reductase; denitrification; halophilic archaeon; molybdenum; Haloarcula marismortui
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Dissimilatory nitrate reductase was purified from a denitrifying halophilic archaeon, Haloarcula marismortui, to an electrophoretically homogeneous state. The purified enzyme was inferred to be a homotetramer composed of a 63 kDa polypeptide. The electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum of the purified enzyme revealed typical rhombic signals which are ascribed to Mo(V) in the Mo-molybdopterin complex. Like the bacterial membrane-bound (Nar-) enzyme, the purified enzyme supported the catalysis of chlorate, The enzyme was activated in extreme saline conditions and the values of k(cat) and K-m toward nitrate were 145 s(-1) and 79 mu M respectively, in the presence of 2.0 M NaCl. (C) 2000 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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