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N J Mouncey1, E Gak, M Choudhary
1Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Abstract:
Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1(T) respires aerobically via a branched respiratory chain consisting of both cytochrome c oxidases and quinol oxidases. Here, genes from chromosome II encoding two distinct quinol oxidases have been characterized. The qoxBA genes encode a putative heme-copper quinol oxidase, whereas the qxtAB genes encode a quinol oxidase homologous to the cyanide-insensitive oxidase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. No phenotype was observed for mutations in either oxidase in the wild-type background. A strain containing a qxtA mutation in a cytochrome bc(1) complex mutant background was unable to grow aerobically. No role was found for the Qox oxidase, nor was a qoxB::lacZ transcriptional fusion expressed under a variety of conditions. These are the first molecular studies to characterize the quinol oxidases of R. sphaeroides 2.4.1(T).
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