title: Nitrite and nitrous oxide reductase regulation by nitrogen oxides in Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans IL106.
abstract: We have cloned the nap locus encoding the periplasmic nitrate reductase in Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans IL106. A mutant with this enzyme deleted is unable to grow under denitrifying conditions. Biochemical analysis of this mutant shows that in contrast to the wild-type strain, the level of synthesis of the nitrite and N(2)O reductases is not increased by the addition of nitrate. Growth under denitrifying conditions and induction of N oxide reductase synthesis are both restored by the presence of a plasmid containing the genes encoding the nitrate reductase. This demonstrates that R. sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans IL106 does not possess an efficient membrane-bound nitrate reductase and that nitrate is not the direct inducer for the nitrite and N(2)O reductases in this species. In contrast, we show that nitrite induces the synthesis of the nitrate reductase.
authors.affiliation: Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique/Cadarache DSV, DEVM, Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Cellulaire, 13108 St. Paul lez Durance Cedex, France. msabaty@cea.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sabaty
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schwintner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cahors
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Richaud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verméglio
mesh_terms: D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D009572:Nitrite Reductases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012242:Rhodobacter sphaeroides / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D009572:Nitrite Reductases; C022763:nitrous oxide reductase