Abstract
The periplasmic location of enzymes A and B of the thiosulphate-oxidizing multienzyme system of Thiobacillus versutus has been further confirmed by differential radiolabelling of periplasmic and cytoplasmic proteins. The stoichiometries of respiration-driven proton translocation in T. versutus were determined using the oxygen pulse and the initial rate methods. A value for the →H+/O quotient (number of protons translocated per oxygen atom reduced) of about 2.8 was found for the oxidation of thiosulphate, and of about 2.5 for sulphite. The →H+/O quotient for endogenous respiration was about 5.7. The data are shown to be in good agreement with the scheme proposed previously for thiosulphate oxidation by this organism. Proton generation during the oxidation of thiosulphate or sulphite is indicated to occur in the periplasm rather than by pumping across the cytoplasmic membrane. The results also suggest that a →H+/O quotient of six occurs during NADH oxidation (from endogenous metabolism measurements) and that the terminal cytochrome oxidase, aa3, does not function as a proton pump.
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Abbreviations
- DCCD:
-
dicyclohexyl carbodiimide
- FCCP:
-
carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone
- HQNO:
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2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide
- TMPD:
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N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine
- IEF:
-
isoelectric focusing
- HIC:
-
hydrophobic interaction chromatography
- EAI:
-
ethyl acetimidate hydrochloride
- IAI:
-
isethionyl acetimidate
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Lu, WP., Kelly, D.P. Respiration-driven proton translocation in Thiobacillus versutus and the role of the periplasmic thiosulphate-oxidizing enzyme system. Arch Microbiol 149, 297–302 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411645
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