Purification and properties of nitrite reductase from the blue-green alga Anabaena cylindrical |
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Authors: | HATTORI, AKIHIKO UESUGI, IZUMI |
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Affiliation: | The Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo Nakano-ku, Tokyo Microbiology, University of Tokyo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo |
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Abstract: | Nitrite reductase was purified about 40-fold from the blue-greenalga Anabaena cylindrica by acetone precipitation and chromatographyon DEAE-cellulose columns. The nitrite reductase had its pHoptima at about 7.6 with Tris-HCl and at about 7.4 with phosphatewhen reduced methyl viologen was used as an electron donor.The Km's for nitrite, methyl viologen and ferredoxin were 51055,2104 and 5106M, respectively. A stoichiometryof one molecule of ammonia formation per one molecule of nitritedisappearance was confirmed. Ferredoxin which had been reducedeither chemically with dithionite or enzymatically with NADPHin the presence of diaphorase was active as an electron donor.Dithionite-reduced FAD and FMN were inactive. NADPH could notgive electrons directly to nitrite reductase. Hydroxylaminereductase was segregated from nitrite reductase by DEAE-cellulosecolumn chromatography. Purified nitrite reductase showed noactivity for sulfite reduction. A molecular weight of 68,000was estimated for nitrite reductase using a calibrated SephadexG-200 column. 1This work was supported by grants 4090 and 955008 from theMinistry of Education.2This work was supported by grants 4090 and 955008 from theMinistry of Education. 2 Present address: Department of Botany,Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo. |
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