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  • Title: The kinetics of methyl viologen oxidation and reduction by the hydrogenase from Clostridium pasteurianum.
    Author: Erbes DL, Burris RH.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1978 Jul 07; 525(1):45-54. PubMed ID: 28770.
    Abstract:
    A mechanism for the reduction and oxidation of methyl viologen by Clostridium pasteurianum hydrogenase (hydrogen:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, EC 1.12.7.1) is proposed. Double reciprocal plots for methyl viologen reduction and oxidation at pH values 7.0-9.85 are linear, and the plots for reduction and oxidation are intersecting. Such data are consistent with a mechanism in which the H2 and one methyl viologen bind (either in order or randomly) with subsequent reduction and release of the methyl viologen. A second methyl viologen then is bound, reduced and released. Comparison of the calculated Keq' with the Haldane expression in which both methyl viologens react at the same rate show a large difference. This difference indicates that the two methyl viologens react at different rates. Addition of oxidized electron carriers inhibits the hydrogen-deuterium exchange reaction (i.e., the exchange of protons between H2 and 2H2O). CO reversibly inhibits methyl viologen reduction and is competitive vs. H2. O2 acts as an irreversible inhibitor.
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