Respiration-driven proton translocation in Thiobacillus versutus and the role of the periplasmic thiosulphate-oxidizing enzyme system |
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Authors: | Wei-Ping Lu Don P Kelly |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, UK;(2) Present address: Biology Department, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
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Abstract: | The periplasmic location of enzymes A and B of the thiosulphate-oxidizing multienzyme system of Thiobacillus versutus has been further confirmed by differential radiolabelling of periplasmic and cytoplasmic proteins. The stoichiometries of respiration-driven proton translocation in T. versutus were determined using the oxygen pulse and the initial rate methods. A value for the H+/O quotient (number of protons translocated per oxygen atom reduced) of about 2.8 was found for the oxidation of thiosulphate, and of about 2.5 for sulphite. The H+/O quotient for endogenous respiration was about 5.7. The data are shown to be in good agreement with the scheme proposed previously for thiosulphate oxidation by this organism. Proton generation during the oxidation of thiosulphate or sulphite is indicated to occur in the periplasm rather than by pumping across the cytoplasmic membrane. The results also suggest that a H+/O quotient of six occurs during NADH oxidation (from endogenous metabolism measurements) and that the terminal cytochrome oxidase, aa3, does not function as a proton pump.Abbreviations DCCD
dicyclohexyl carbodiimide
- FCCP
carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone
- HQNO
2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide
- TMPD
N,N,N,N-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine
- IEF
isoelectric focusing
- HIC
hydrophobic interaction chromatography
- EAI
ethyl acetimidate hydrochloride
- IAI
isethionyl acetimidate |
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Keywords: | Thiobacillus versutus Proton translocation Thiosulphate oxidation Sulphite oxidation Periplasmic proteins |
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