Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
FEMS microbiology letters
96 (1992), S. 0
ISSN:
1574-6968
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Mutations in the genes coding for the soluble and the membrane-bound hydrogenase of Alcaligenes eutrophus strain H16 significantly affected the expression of respiratory chain components. In lithoautotrophically grown wild type cells electron flow mainly proceeded via the cytochrome c oxidases. Mutants defective in the membrane-bound hydrogenase contained a 2- to 3-fold higher cytochrome a content than the wild type and cytochrome c oxidase of the aa3-type was preferentially used by these cells for substrate oxidation. Mutants impaired in the soluble hydrogenase revealed slow growth on hydrogen, presumably due to inefficient reverse electron flow mechanisms which provide the cells with NADH for autotrophic CO2-fixation. In this class of mutants the two quinol oxidases of the o- and d-type in addition to the co-type oxidase were the predominant electron-transport branches.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05412.x
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