How Salmonella oxidises H(2) under aerobic conditions |
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Authors: | Parkin Alison Bowman Lisa Roessler Maxie M Davies Rosalind A Palmer Tracy Armstrong Fraser A Sargent Frank |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, England, United Kingdom. |
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Abstract: | Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a Gram negative bacterial pathogen and a common cause of food-borne illness. Molecular hydrogen has been shown to be a key respiratory electron donor during infection and H(2) oxidation can be catalysed by three genetically-distinct [NiFe] hydrogenases. Of these, hydrogenases-1 (Hyd-1) and Hyd-2 have well-characterised homologues in Escherichia coli. The third, designated Hyd-5 here, is peculiar to Salmonella and is expressed under aerobic conditions. In this work, Salmonella was genetically modified to enable the isolation and characterisation of Hyd-5. Electrochemical analysis established that Hyd-5 is a H(2)-oxidising enzyme that functions in very low levels of H(2) and sustains this activity in high levels of O(2). In addition, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy of the Hyd-5 isoenzyme reveals a complex paramagnetic FeS signal at high potentials which is comparable to that observed for other O(2)-tolerant respiratory [NiFe] hydrogenases. Taken altogether, Hyd-5 can be classified as an O(2)-tolerant hydrogenase that confers upon Salmonella the ability to use H(2) as an electron donor in aerobic respiration. |
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