title: Characterization of a cytochrome c gene located at the gene cluster for chlorate respiration in Ideonella dechloratans.
abstract: Anaerobic chlorate respiration requires electron transport from the bacterial inner membrane to the soluble periplasmic chlorate reductase. We have recently demonstrated that soluble c cytochromes function as electron carriers for chlorate reduction in Ideonella dechloratans (Smedja Bäcklund et al. 2009). In the present work, we describe a gene encoding soluble c-type cytochrome [cyt; GenBank ID: EU768872] located close to the gene cluster for chlorate reduction in I. dechloratans. The predicted amino acid sequence does not match any of the peptide masses or partial sequences obtained earlier from periplasmic c cytochromes. The gene, without the predicted signal sequence, was expressed heterologously in E. coli and the recombinant protein was purified, refolded and reconstituted with heme. The reconstituted protein shows spectral properties characteristic for c cytochromes, with an absorption maximum at 553 nm for the alpha band in the reduced state. Pyridine hemochrome analysis demonstrates the formation of covalently bound heme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Technology and Science, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bohlin
authors.forename: Anna Smedja
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bäcklund
authors.forename: Niklas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gustavsson
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wahlberg
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nilsson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D020562:Betaproteobacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002704:Chlorates / Q000378:metabolism*; D045304:Cytochromes c / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002704:Chlorates; D045304:Cytochromes c