Different enzymes involved in NADH- and NADPH-dependent respiration in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis

I. Alpes, B. Schrautemeier, S. Scherer, P. Böger

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Abstract

Filaments of N2-grown Anabaena variabilis exhibit soluble NADPH- and membrane-bound NADH-oxidizing activities. The NADPH-specific enzyme has been identified as ferredoxin-NADP oxidoreductase (FNR; EC 1.18.1.2) by the thionicotinamide-NADP transhydrogenase test, a ferredoxin-dependent hydrogenase assay, and by diaphorase systems. The FNR is easily removed by washing of French-press-prepared membranes. Concurrently, a loss of NADPH-dependent respiration is apparent, which is not reconstitutable by addition of Anabaena cytochrome c-553. The NADH-oxidizing activity, however, is only slightly affected by the washing procedure, and is completely reconstituted by cytochrome c-553. NADPH-dependent oxygen uptake is strongly inhibited by NADP, whereas inhibition of NADH-dependent oxygen uptake by NAD is less pronounced. The data give evidence that NADH and NADPH oxidations linked to the respiratory chain are mediated by two different enzymes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)147-151
Number of pages5
JournalFEMS Microbiology Letters
Volume26
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1985
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • (NAD(P)H oxidation
  • NADH dehydrogenase
  • blue-green algae)
  • ferredoxin-NADP oxidoreductase

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