title: Novel growth characteristics and high rates of nitrate reduction of an Escherichia coli strain, LCB2048, that expresses only a periplasmic nitrate reductase.
abstract: Escherichia coli strain LCB2048 is a double mutant defective in the synthesis of the two membrane-associated nitrate reductases A and Z. This strain can grow anaerobically on a non-fermentable carbon source, glycerol, in the presence of nitrate even in media supplemented with high concentrations of tungstate. This growth was totally dependent upon a highly active, periplasmic nitrate reductase (Nap). Due to the presence of a previously unreported narL mutation, synthesis of the periplasmic nitrate reductase by this strain was induced during anaerobic growth by nitrate. We have also demonstrated that methyl viologen is an ineffective electron donor to Nap: its use leads to an underestimation of the contribution of Nap activity to the rate of nitrate reduction in vivo.
authors.affiliation: School of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Millington
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rothery
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D003470:Culture Media; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism; D008982:Molybdenum / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D050901:Nitrate Reductase; D009565:Nitrate Reductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D019897:Periplasm / Q000201:enzymology*; D017973:Tungsten Compounds / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D009566:Nitrates; D017973:Tungsten Compounds; C069780:NarL protein, E coli; C044659:molybdate; D008982:Molybdenum; D009565:Nitrate Reductases; D050901:Nitrate Reductase; D005990:Glycerol; C045951:tungstate