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JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING
卷 101, 期 5, 页码 391-397出版社
SOC BIOSCIENCE BIOENGINEERING JAPAN
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.101.391
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cytochrome cd(1); nitrite reductase; denitrification; Hydrogenobacter thermophilus
A thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, Hydrogenobacter thermophilus TK-6 can grow autotrophically under anaerobic conditions by denitrification. One of the denitrification enzymes, cytochrome cd(1) nitrite reductase, was isolated and its gene was cloned from strain TK-6. The subunit molecular mass of the purified enzyme was 61.5 kDa and the isoelectric point was determined to be 9.3. The optimum temperature and pH for the enzymatic reaction were 70-75 degrees C and 6.5-7.0, respectively. The structural gene for the enzyme, nirS, is probably transcribed as a hexacistronic operon with the following genes encoding a putative diheme cytochrome c and the proteins required for biosynthesis of heme d(1). The NirS sequence was phylogenetically distinct from those of proteobacteria. The consensus -35 and -10 sequences were found in the putative nirS promoter region, but the consensus sequences for the DNR/NnrR-type or the NorR/FhpR-type nitric oxide sensing regulators were not found in this region.
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