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ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 22, 期 4, 页码 1397-1408出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14955
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- National Science Foundation [1631814]
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Simons Foundation [402971]
- Princeton Environmental Institute
- Division Of Earth Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1631814] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Biological nitrogen fixation is catalyzed by the molybdenum (Mo), vanadium (V) and iron (Fe)-only nitrogenase metalloenzymes. Studies with purified enzymes have found that the 'alternative' V- and Fe-nitrogenases generally reduce N-2 more slowly and produce more byproduct H-2 than the Mo-nitrogenase, leading to an assumption that their usage results in slower growth. Here we show that, in the metabolically versatile photoheterotroph Rhodopseudomonas palustris, the type of carbon substrate influences the relative rates of diazotrophic growth based on different nitrogenase isoforms. The V-nitrogenase supports growth as fast as the Mo-nitrogenase on acetate but not on the more oxidized substrate succinate. Our data suggest that this is due to insufficient electron flux to the V-nitrogenase isoform on succinate compared with acetate. Despite slightly faster growth based on the V-nitrogenase on acetate, the wild-type strain uses exclusively the Mo-nitrogenase on both carbon substrates. Notably, the differences in H-2:N-2 stoichiometry by alternative nitrogenases (similar to 1.5 for V-nitrogenase, similar to 4-7 for Fe-nitrogenase) and Mo-nitrogenase (similar to 1) measured here are lower than prior in vitro estimates. These results indicate that the metabolic costs of V-based nitrogen fixation could be less significant for growth than previously assumed, helping explain why alternative nitrogenase genes persist in diverse diazotroph lineages and are broadly distributed in the environment.
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