Thiosulfate- and Sulfide-Dependent Pyridine Nucleotide Reduction and Gluconeogenesis in Intact Thiobacillus neapolitanus
AUTOR(ES)
Roth, Charles W.
RESUMO
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced form) is formed more rapidly after the addition of thiosulfate to suspensions of intact Thiobacillus neapolitanus in the absence of CO2 than nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced form). Measurement of acid-stable metabolites shows this phenomenon to be the result of rapid reoxidation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced form) by 3-phosphoglyceric acid and other oxidized intermediates, which are converted to triose and hexose phosphates, and that, in reality, the rate of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (oxidized form) reduction exceeds that of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (oxidized form) by approximately 4.5-fold. The overall rate of pyridine nucleotide reduction by thiosulfate (264 nmol per min per mg of protein) is in excess of that rate needed to sustain growth. Pyridine nucleotide reduction, adenosine triphosphate synthesis, and carbohydrate synthesis are prevented by the uncoupler m-Cl-Carbonylcyanide phenylhydrazone. Sodium amytal inhibits pyridine nucleotide reduction and carbohydrate synthesis are prevented by the uncoupler m-Cl-carbonylcyanide observations are reproduced when sulfide serves as the substrate. The rate of pyridine nucleotide anaerobic reduction with endogenous substrates or thiosulfate is less than 1% of the aerobic rate with thiosulfate. We conclude that the principal, if not the only, pathway of pyridine nucleotide reduction proceeds through an energy-dependent and amytal-sensitive step when either thiosulfate or sulfide is used as the substrate.
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