Characterization of membrane-bound Fe(III)-EDTA reductase activities of the thermophilic gram-positive dissimilatory iron-reducing bacterium Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens

Author： Gavrilov S. Slobodkin A. Robb F. Vries S.

Publisher： MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

ISSN： 0026-2617

Source： Microbiology, Vol.76, Iss.2, 2007-04, pp. : 139-146

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Abstract

Whole-cell suspensions of T. ferrireducens reduced Fe(III) citrate, Fe(III)-EDTA, and ferrihydrite with glycerol as an electron donor. After cell disruption, the highest activity was registered with Fe(III)-EDTA as the electron acceptor and NADH or NADPH as electron donors. About 80% of the NAD(P)H-dependent Fe(III)-EDTA reductase activities were associated with the membrane fraction of the cells. Treatment of the membranes with lauryl maltoside led to complete solubilization of the NADH-dependent and 70% solubilization of the NADPH-dependent Fe(III)-EDTA reductase activities. After purification by ion-exchange chromatography, the NADH-dependent activity was concentrated 8-fold, and the NADPH-dependent activity was concentrated 11-fold, with a yield of about 10% for both activities. The Fe(III)-EDTA-reducing enzyme complex included c-type cytochromes and a protein with a molecular mass of ca. 115 kDa, consisting of two polypeptides. This is the first description of membrane-bound Fe(III)-reducing oxidoreductase activities from a grampositive dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium.