title: Trimethylamine N-oxide respiration by aerobic photosynthetic bacterium, Erythrobacter sp. OCh 114.
abstract: Erythrobacter sp. OCh 114, an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium, had trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) reductase activity, which increased when the culture medium contained TMAO. The reductase was located in the periplasm. The bacteria grew anaerobically in the presence of TMAO. These results suggested that Erythrobacter OCh 114 has the ability to reduce TMAO through the respiratory chain. The TMAO respiration system of this organism was different from those of facultative purple photosynthetic bacteria in two respects: (a) TMAO reductase did not have activity to reduce dimethyl sulfoxide and (b) soluble c-type cytochrome, cytochrome c551, and cytochrome b-c1 complex appeared to be involved. The photochemical activity, which is usually inoperative in the anaerobic cell suspension, was restored by TMAO, suggesting that the photosynthesis and the TMAO respiration share a common electron transfer chain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Serikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takamiya
mesh_terms: D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D004579:Electron Transport; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008027:Light; D008744:Methylamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010788:Photosynthesis
chemical_list: D008744:Methylamines; C021567:methylamine dehydrogenase; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; C005855:trimethyloxamine