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Abstract

The genes that encode the -type nitric oxide reductase from USDA110 have been isolated and characterized. and encode the cytochrome -containing subunit II and cytochrome -containing subunit I of nitric oxide reductase, respectively. encodes a protein with an ATP/GTP-binding motif, and the predicted gene product shows similarity with NorD from other denitrifiers. Mutational analysis indicates that the two structural and genes are required for microaerobic growth under nitrate-respiring conditions. A mutant strain lacking a functional gene also lacked the 16 kDa -type cytochrome that is normally detectable by haem-staining of proteins from membranes of microaerobically grown wild-type cells. Expression of a transcriptional fusion of the promoter region to the reporter gene (P) was not detected in aerobically grown cells of USDA110, but the fusion was induced threefold when the cells were cultured under microaerobic conditions (1% O) with either nitrite or nitric oxide, and about 18-fold when nitrate was the N oxide present in the medium. The P fusion was not expressed in the mutant strain 9043, but complementation of the mutant with the gene restored β-galactosidase activity to levels similar to those found in the parental strain. The promoter region of the genes has been characterized by primer extension. A major transcript initiates 455 bp downstream of the centre of a putative binding site for the transcription factor FixK.

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