Abstract
SummaryThree genes, narH, narJ and narl of the membrane‐bound nitrate reductase operon of the denitrifying bacterium Thiosphaera pantotropha have been identified and sequenced. The derived gene products show high sequence similarity to the equivalent (β, putative δ and γ) subunits of the two membrane‐bound nitrate reductases of the enteric bacterium Escherichia coli. AU iron‐sulphur cluster ligands proposed for the E. coliβ subunits are conserved in T. pantotropha NarH. Secondary structure analysis of NarJ suggests that this protein has a predominantly α‐helical structure. Comparison of T. pantotropha Narl wilh the b‐haembinding integral membrane subunits of the E. coli enzymes allows assignment of His‐53, His‐63, His‐186 and His‐204 (T. pantotropha Narl numbering) as b‐haem axial ligands and the construction of a three‐dimensional model of this subunit. This model, in which the two b‐haems are in different halves of the membrane bilayer, is consistent with a mechanism of energy conservation whereby electrons are moved from the periplasmic to the cytoplasmic side of the membrane via the haems. Similar movement of electrons is required in the membrane‐bound uptake hydrogenases and membrane‐bound formate dehydrogenases. We have identified two pairs of conserved histidine residues in the integral membrane subunits of these enzymes that are appropriately positioned to bind one haem towards each side of the membrane bilayer. One subunit of a hydrogenase complex involved in transfer of electrons across the cytoplasmic membrane of sulphate‐reducing bacteria has structural resemblance to Narl.
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