Purification and characterization of demolybdo nitrate reductase (NADH-cytochrome c oxidoreductase) of Chlorella vulgaris [Alga]

Chlorella vulgaris was cultured on an ammonia-mineral salts medium until the nitrate reductase content reached a minimal level. These ammonia-grown cells were then induced by nitrate in the absence of molybdenum and of tungsten. A demolybdo nitrate reductase developed and reached high levels. This p...

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Published in:The Journal of biological chemistry 1981-11, Vol.256 (22), p.11527-11531
Main Authors: Gewitz, H.S, Piefke, J, Vennesland, B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chlorella - enzymology
Chlorella vulgaris
Cycloheximide - pharmacology
Enzyme Activation
Enzyme Induction
Kinetics
molybdenum
nitrate reductase
Nitrate Reductase (NADH)
Nitrate Reductases - isolation & purification
Nitrate Reductases - metabolism
purification
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Summary:Chlorella vulgaris was cultured on an ammonia-mineral salts medium until the nitrate reductase content reached a minimal level. These ammonia-grown cells were then induced by nitrate in the absence of molybdenum and of tungsten. A demolybdo nitrate reductase developed and reached high levels. This protein contained very little nitrate-reducing capacity, but had the full cytochrome c-reducing capacity of normal nitrate reductase. It was purified to homogeneity by the same procedures previously developed for the purification of nitrate reductase. The purified enzyme contained 1 molecule of heme and 1 molecule of FAD/subunit, but no detectable molybdenum or tungsten. This cytochrome c reductase was completely inhibited by antibodies raised against purified nitrate reductase of Chlorella. Mixtures prepared from normal nitrate reductase and the demolybdoenzyme could not be resolved by disc gel electrophoresis or by centrifugation in a density gradient. By a two-step enzyme induction (1, incubation with nitrate in absence of Mo; 2, incubation with Mo in absence of nitrate) the process of nitrate reductase synthesis could be cleanly separated from growth into two steps: Step 1, induction of cytochrome c reductase, was completely inhibited by cycloheximide. Step 2 was unaffected by cycloheximide, and most of the nitrate reductase synthesized accumulated in the form of the reversibly inactivated HCN complex of the enzyme.
ISSN:0021-9258
1083-351X
DOI:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)68432-2