title: Cytochrome c(3) mutants of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans.
abstract: To explore the physiological role of tetraheme cytochrome c(3) in the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20, the gene encoding the preapoprotein was cloned, sequenced, and mutated by plasmid insertion. The physical analysis of the DNA from the strain carrying the integrated plasmid showed that the insertion was successful. The growth rate of the mutant on lactate with sulfate was comparable to that of the wild type; however, mutant cultures did not achieve the same cell densities. Pyruvate, the oxidation product of lactate, served as a poor electron source for the mutant. Unexpectedly, the mutant was able to grow on hydrogen-sulfate medium. These data support a role for tetraheme cytochrome c(3) in the electron transport pathway from pyruvate to sulfate or sulfite in D. desulfuricans G20.
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Rapp-Giles
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Casalot
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: English
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ringbauer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dolla
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wall
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003901:Desulfovibrio / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D019897:Periplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D003574:Cytochrome c Group; C017165:cytochrome c(3)