title: Characterization of a member of the NnrR regulon in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.3 encoding a haem-copper protein.
abstract: Upstream of the nor and nnrR cluster in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.3 is a previously uncharacterized gene that has been designated nnrS. nnrS is only expressed when 2.4.3 is grown under denitrifying conditions. Expression of nnrS is dependent on the transcriptional regulator NnrR, which also regulates expression of genes required for the reduction of nitrite to nitrous oxide, including nirK and nor. Deletion analysis indicated the sequence 5'-TTGCG(N4)CACAA-3', which is similar to sequences found in nirK and nor, is required for nnrS expression. Mutation of this sequence to the consensus Fnr-binding sequence by changing two bases in each half site caused nnrS expression to become nitrate independent. Inactivation of nnrS did not affect nitric oxide metabolism, nor did it affect expression of any of the genes involved in nitric oxide metabolism. However, taxis towards nitrate and nitrite was affected by nnrS inactivation. Purification of a histidine-tagged NnrS demonstrated that NnrS is a haem- and copper-containing membrane protein. Genes encoding putative orthologues of NnrS are sometimes but not always found in bacteria encoding nitrite and/or nitric oxide reductase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Wing Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-8101, USA1.
authors.forename: Thomas B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Bartnikas
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Wing Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-8101, USA1.
authors.forename: Yousheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Wing Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-8101, USA1.
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bobo
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Center of Biophysics and Biochemistry, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA2.
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veselov
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Center of Biophysics and Biochemistry, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA2.
authors.forename: Charles P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Scholes
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Wing Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-8101, USA1.
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Shapleigh
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002633:Chemotaxis; D003300:Copper; D017353:Gene Deletion; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D006420:Hemeproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009573:Nitrites; D018085:Regulon; D012242:Rhodobacter sphaeroides / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006420:Hemeproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009573:Nitrites; C100897:NnrR protein, Rhodobacter sphaeroides; D015534:Trans-Activators; D003300:Copper