Inhibition of bacteriochlorophyll synthesis in Rhodobacter sphaeroides subsp. denitrificans grown in light under denitrifying conditions.

AUTOR(ES)

Michalski, W P

RESUMO

The inclusion of nitrate or nitrite in cultures of Rhodobacter spaeroides subsp. denitrificans grown heterotrophically in light depressed the formation of bacteriochlorophyll a. The pigment biosynthesis was inhibited at the stage of the reduction of chlorophyllide (chlorin) to bacteriochlorophyllide (tetrahydroporphyrin) since 3-hydroxyethylchlorophyllide a accumulated in the culture medium. The addition of exogenous 5-aminolevulinic acid to these cultures resulted in a complete restoration of bacteriochlorophyll synthesis accompanied by the accumulation of 3-vinylbacteriopheophorbide. This indicates that under these conditions bacteriochlorophyll was formed via an alternative route, in which the reduction of chlorins to tetrahydroporphyrins precedes modifications of the C-3 side chain. The multiple forms of 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase were purified from cells grown with and without nitrate. Antibodies against these proteins were raised in rabbits and used in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for various forms of 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase. In denitrifying cells, the amount and activity of fraction I of the enzyme was reduced by approximately 40 and 30%, respectively. Partly active enzymes from both types of cells were activated by cystine trisulfide.

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