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Involvement of cytochromes and a flavoprotein in hydrogen oxidation in Rhizobium japonicum bacteroids.

Electron transport components involved in H2 oxidation were studied in membranes from Rhizobium japonicum bacteroids. Hydrogen oxidation in membranes was inhibited by antimycin A and 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide with Ki values of 39.4 and 5.6 microM, respectively. The inhibition of H2 uptake by cyanide was triphasic with Ki values of 0.8, 9.9, and 93.6 microM. This result suggested that three cyanide-reactive components were involved in H2 oxidation. H2-reduced minus O2-oxidized absorption difference spectra showed peaks at 551.5 and 560 nm, indicating the involvement of c- and b-type cytochromes, respectively. This spectrum also revealed a trough at 455 nm, showing that H2 oxidation involves a flavoprotein. This flavoprotein was not reduced by H2 in the presence of cyanide. The inhibition of H2 or cytochrome c oxidation by the flavoprotein inhibitor Atebrin was monophasic; the Ki values were similar for both substrates. A role for the flavoprotein as a terminal oxidase was implicated based on its high redox potential and its sensitivity to cyanide. Cytochromes o and c-552 were identified based on their ability to bind carbon monoxide and cyanide.[1]

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