Dependence of nitrogenase switch-off upon oxygen stress on the nitrogenase activity in Azotobacter vinelandii.

Abstract:

:Azotobacter vinelandii was grown diazotrophically in chemostat cultures limited by sucrose, citrate, or acetate. Specific activities of cellular oxygen consumption (qO2) and nitrogenase (acetylene reduction) were measured in situ at different dilution rates (D, representing the specific growth rate mu at steady state). Sucrose-limited cultures exhibited linear relationships between qO2 and D, each of which, however, depended on the dissolved oxygen concentration in the range of 12 to 192 microM O2. From these plots, qO2 required for maintenance processes (mO2) were extrapolated. mO2 values did not increase linearly with increasing dissolved oxygen concentrations. With citrate- or acetate-limited cultures qO2 also depended on D. At 108 microM O2, however, qO2 and mO2 of the latter cultures were significantly lower than those of sucrose-limited cultures. Specific rates of acetylene reduction increased linearly with D, irrespective of the type of limitation and of the dissolved oxygen concentration (J. Kuhla and J. Oelze, Arch. Microbiol. 149:509-514, 1988). The reversible switch-off of nitrogenase activity under oxygen stress also depended on D and was independent of qO2, mO2, or the limiting substrate. Increased switch-off effects resulting from increased stress heights could be compensated for by increasing D. Since D represents not only the supply of the carbon source but also the supply of electrons and energy, the results suggest that the flux of electrons to the nitrogenase complex, rather than qO2, stabilizes nitrogenase activity against oxygen inactivation in aerobically growing A. vinelandii.

journal_name

J Bacteriol

journal_title

Journal of bacteriology

authors

Kuhla J,Oelze J

doi

10.1128/jb.170.11.5325-5329.1988

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1988-11-01 00:00:00

pages

5325-9

issue

11

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0021-9193

issn

1098-5530

journal_volume

170

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