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  • Title: A novel five-subunit-type 2-oxoglutalate:ferredoxin oxidoreductases from Hydrogenobacter thermophilus TK-6.
    Author: Yun NR, Yamamoto M, Arai H, Ishii M, Igarashi Y.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 2002 Mar 22; 292(1):280-6. PubMed ID: 11890705.
    Abstract:
    A thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, Hydrogenobacter thermophilus TK-6, fixes carbon dioxide via the reductive TCA cycle. 2-Oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (OGOR) of this strain is one of the key enzymes of the pathway. OGOR of strain TK-6 has been reported to be a two-subunit-type OGOR and encoded by korAB. A gene cluster, forDABGEF, encoding another OGOR was found 148 bp upstream of korAB in the opposite orientation. Five of the for genes (forDABGE) were required for the expression of the active recombinant enzyme in Escherichia coli. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the purified enzyme showed five polypeptides corresponding to the forDABGE gene products, suggesting that the enzyme had a novel five-subunit structure. The recombinant enzyme had high substrate specificity toward 2-oxoglutarate as in the case of the gene products of korAB. Primer extension analysis showed that the korA and forD genes were transcribed from one and two transcriptional initiation sites, respectively. The results also suggested that both gene clusters were expressed in the cells of strain TK-6.
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