title: Novel genes of the dsr gene cluster and evidence for close interaction of Dsr proteins during sulfur oxidation in the phototrophic sulfur bacterium Allochromatium vinosum.
abstract: Seven new genes designated dsrLJOPNSR were identified immediately downstream of dsrABEFHCMK, completing the dsr gene cluster of the phototrophic sulfur bacterium Allochromatium vinosum D (DSM 180(T)). Interposon mutagenesis proved an essential role of the encoded proteins for the oxidation of intracellular sulfur, an obligate intermediate during the oxidation of sulfide and thiosulfate. While dsrR and dsrS encode cytoplasmic proteins of unknown function, the other genes encode a predicted NADPH:acceptor oxidoreductase (DsrL), a triheme c-type cytochrome (DsrJ), a periplasmic iron-sulfur protein (DsrO), and an integral membrane protein (DsrP). DsrN resembles cobyrinic acid a,c-diamide synthases and is probably involved in the biosynthesis of siro(heme)amide, the prosthetic group of the dsrAB-encoded sulfite reductase. The presence of most predicted Dsr proteins in A. vinosum was verified by Western blot analysis. With the exception of the constitutively present DsrC, the formation of Dsr gene products was greatly enhanced by sulfide. DsrEFH were purified from the soluble fraction and constitute a soluble alpha(2)beta(2)gamma(2)-structured 75-kDa holoprotein. DsrKJO were purified from membranes pointing at the presence of a transmembrane electron-transporting complex consisting of DsrKMJOP. In accordance with the suggestion that related complexes from dissimilatory sulfate reducers transfer electrons to sulfite reductase, the A. vinosum Dsr complex is copurified with sulfite reductase, DsrEFH, and DsrC. We therefore now have an ideal and unique possibility to study the interaction of sulfite reductase with other proteins and to clarify the long-standing problem of electron transport from and to sulfite reductase, not only in phototrophic bacteria but also in sulfate-reducing prokaryotes.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mikrobiologie & Biotechnologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 168, D-53115 Bonn, Germany. ChDahl@uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Engels
authors.forename: Andrea S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Pott-Sperling
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schulte
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sander
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lübbe
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Deuster
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Brune
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002841:Chromatiaceae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D045304:Cytochromes c / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D005810:Multigene Family; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009876:Operon; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D050862:Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors / Q000302:isolation & purification; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013440:Sulfides / Q000378:metabolism; D013455:Sulfur / Q000378:metabolism*; D013885:Thiosulfates / Q000378:metabolism; D000637:Transaminases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D021122:Protein Subunits; D013440:Sulfides; D013885:Thiosulfates; D013455:Sulfur; D045304:Cytochromes c; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; D050862:Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors; D000637:Transaminases; C065829:cobyrinic acid a,c-diamide synthase