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Ushimaru R, Lyu J, Abe I. Diverse enzymatic chemistry for propionate side chain cleavages in tetrapyrrole biosynthesis. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 50:kuad016. [PMID: 37422437 PMCID: PMC10548856 DOI: 10.1093/jimb/kuad016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/10/2023]
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Tetrapyrroles represent a unique class of natural products that possess diverse chemical architectures and exhibit a broad range of biological functions. Accordingly, they attract keen attention from the natural product community. Many metal-chelating tetrapyrroles serve as enzyme cofactors essential for life, while certain organisms produce metal-free porphyrin metabolites with biological activities potentially beneficial for the producing organisms and for human use. The unique properties of tetrapyrrole natural products derive from their extensively modified and highly conjugated macrocyclic core structures. Most of these various tetrapyrrole natural products biosynthetically originate from a branching point precursor, uroporphyrinogen III, which contains propionate and acetate side chains on its macrocycle. Over the past few decades, many modification enzymes with unique catalytic activities, and the diverse enzymatic chemistries employed to cleave the propionate side chains from the macrocycles, have been identified. In this review, we highlight the tetrapyrrole biosynthetic enzymes required for the propionate side chain removal processes and discuss their various chemical mechanisms. ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY This mini-review describes various enzymes involved in the propionate side chain cleavages during the biosynthesis of tetrapyrrole cofactors and secondary metabolites.
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- Richiro Ushimaru
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Layer G. Heme biosynthesis in prokaryotes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2020; 1868:118861. [PMID: 32976912 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2020.118861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The cyclic tetrapyrrole heme is used as a prosthetic group in a broad variety of different proteins in almost all organisms. Often, it is essential for vital biochemical processes such as aerobic and anaerobic respiration as well as photosynthesis. In Nature, heme is made from the common tetrapyrrole precursor 5-aminolevulinic acid, and for a long time it was assumed that heme is biosynthesized by a single, common pathway in all organisms. However, although this is indeed the case in eukaryotes, heme biosynthesis is more diverse in the prokaryotic world, where two additional pathways exist. The final elucidation of the two 'alternative' heme biosynthesis routes operating in some bacteria and archaea was achieved within the last decade. This review summarizes the three different heme biosynthesis pathways with a special emphasis on the two 'new' prokaryotic routes.
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- Gunhild Layer
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Pharmazeutische Wissenschaften, Stefan-Meier-Strasse 19, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Importance of the iron-sulfur component and of the siroheme modification in the resting state of sulfite reductase. J Inorg Biochem 2019; 203:110928. [PMID: 31756559 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The active site of sulfite reductase (SiR) consists of an unusual siroheme-Fe4S4 assembly coupled via a cysteinate sulfur, and serves for multi-electron reduction reactions. Clear explanations have not been demonstrated for the reasons behind the choice of siroheme (vs. other types of heme) or for the single-atom coupling to an Fe4S4 center (as opposed to simple adjacency or to coupling via chains consisting of more than one atom). Possible explanations for these choices have previously been invoked, relating to the control of the spin state of the substrate-binding (siro)heme iron, modulation of the trans effect of the (Fe4S4-bound) cysteinate, or modulation of the redox potential. Reported here is a density functional theory (DFT) investigation of the structural interplay (in terms of geometry, molecular orbitals and magnetic interactions) between the siroheme and the Fe4S4 center as well as the importance of the covalent modifications within siroheme compared to the more common heme b, aiming to verify the role of the siroheme modification and of the Fe4S4 cluster at the SiR active site, with focus on previously-formulated hypotheses (geometrical/sterics, spin state, redox and electron-transfer control). A calibration of various DFT methods/variants for the correct description of ground state spin multiplicity is performed using a set of problematic cases of bioinorganic Fe centers; out of 11 functionals tested, M06-L and B3LYP offer the best results - though none of them correctly predict the spin state for all test cases. Upon examination of the relative energies of spin states, reduction potentials, energy decomposition (electrostatic, exchange-repulsion, orbital relaxation, correlation and dispersion interactions) and Mayer bond indices in SiR models, the following main roles of the siroheme and cubane are identified: (1) the cubane cofactor decreases the reduction potential of the siroheme and stabilizes the siroheme-cysteine bond interaction, and (2) the siroheme removes the quasi-degeneracy between the intermediate and high-spin states found in ferrous systems by preserving the latter as ground state; the higher-spin preference and the increased accessibility of multiple spin states are likely to be important in selective binding of the substrate and of the subsequent reaction intermediates, and in efficient changes in redox states throughout the catalytic cycle.
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O’Brien JM, Sitte E, Flanagan KJ, Kühner H, Hallen LJ, Gibbons D, Senge MO. Functionalization of Deutero- and Protoporphyrin IX Dimethyl Esters via Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions. J Org Chem 2019; 84:6158-6173. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b00350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jessica M. O’Brien
- School of Chemistry, SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152−160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152−160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152−160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152−160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152−160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152−160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152−160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Kosugi N, Araki T, Fujita J, Tanaka S, Fujiwara T. Growth phenotype analysis of heme synthetic enzymes in a halophilic archaeon, Haloferax volcanii. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0189913. [PMID: 29284023 PMCID: PMC5746218 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Halophilic euryarchaea lack many of the genes necessary for the protoporphyrin-dependent heme biosynthesis pathway previously identified in animals and plants. Bioinformatic analysis suggested the presence of two heme biosynthetic processes, an Fe-coproporphyrinogen III (coproheme) decarboxylase (ChdC) pathway and an alternative heme biosynthesis (Ahb) pathway, in Haloferax volcanii. PitA is specific to the halophilic archaea and has a unique molecular structure in which the ChdC domain is joined to the antibiotics biosynthesis monooxygenase (ABM)-like domain by a histidine-rich linker sequence. The pitA gene deletion variant of H. volcanii showed a phenotype with a significant reduction of aerobic growth. Addition of a protoheme complemented the phenotype, supporting the assumption that PitA participates in the aerobic heme biosynthesis. Deletion of the ahbD gene caused a significant reduction of only anaerobic growth by denitrification or dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) respiration, and the growth was also complemented by addition of a protoheme. The experimental results suggest that the two heme biosynthesis pathways are utilized selectively under aerobic and anaerobic conditions in H. volcanii. The molecular structure and physiological function of PitA are also discussed on the basis of the limited proteolysis and sequence analysis.
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- Naoki Kosugi
- Department of Science, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Environment and Energy Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Science, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Environment and Energy Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan
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Boss L, Oehme R, Billig S, Birkemeyer C, Layer G. The Radical SAM enzyme NirJ catalyzes the removal of two propionate side chains during hemed1biosynthesis. FEBS J 2017; 284:4314-4327. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.14307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Revised: 10/18/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Linda Boss
- Institute of Biochemistry; Leipzig University; Germany
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry; Leipzig University; Germany
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry; Leipzig University; Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry; Leipzig University; Germany
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Dailey HA, Dailey TA, Gerdes S, Jahn D, Jahn M, O'Brian MR, Warren MJ. Prokaryotic Heme Biosynthesis: Multiple Pathways to a Common Essential Product. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2017; 81:e00048-16. [PMID: 28123057 PMCID: PMC5312243 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00048-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The advent of heme during evolution allowed organisms possessing this compound to safely and efficiently carry out a variety of chemical reactions that otherwise were difficult or impossible. While it was long assumed that a single heme biosynthetic pathway existed in nature, over the past decade, it has become clear that there are three distinct pathways among prokaryotes, although all three pathways utilize a common initial core of three enzymes to produce the intermediate uroporphyrinogen III. The most ancient pathway and the only one found in the Archaea converts siroheme to protoheme via an oxygen-independent four-enzyme-step process. Bacteria utilize the initial core pathway but then add one additional common step to produce coproporphyrinogen III. Following this step, Gram-positive organisms oxidize coproporphyrinogen III to coproporphyrin III, insert iron to make coproheme, and finally decarboxylate coproheme to protoheme, whereas Gram-negative bacteria first decarboxylate coproporphyrinogen III to protoporphyrinogen IX and then oxidize this to protoporphyrin IX prior to metal insertion to make protoheme. In order to adapt to oxygen-deficient conditions, two steps in the bacterial pathways have multiple forms to accommodate oxidative reactions in an anaerobic environment. The regulation of these pathways reflects the diversity of bacterial metabolism. This diversity, along with the late recognition that three pathways exist, has significantly slowed advances in this field such that no single organism's heme synthesis pathway regulation is currently completely characterized.
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- Harry A Dailey
- Department of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes, Burr Ridge, Illinois, USA
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- Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS), Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Acharya G, Kaur G, Subramanian S. Evolutionary relationships between heme-binding ferredoxin α + β barrels. BMC Bioinformatics 2016; 17:168. [PMID: 27089923 PMCID: PMC4835899 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-016-1033-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The α + β barrel superfamily of the ferredoxin-like fold consists of a functionally diverse group of evolutionarily related proteins. The barrel architecture of these proteins is formed by either homo-/hetero-dimerization or duplication and fusion of ferredoxin-like domains. Several members of this superfamily bind heme in order to carry out their functions. RESULTS We analyze the heme-binding sites in these proteins as well as their barrel topologies. Our comparative structural analysis of these heme-binding barrels reveals two distinct modes of packing of the ferredoxin-like domains to constitute the α + β barrel, which is typified by the Type-1/IsdG-like and Type-2/OxdA-like proteins, respectively. We examine the heme-binding pockets and explore the versatility of the α + β barrels ability to accommodate heme or heme-related moieties, such as siroheme, in at least three different sites, namely, the mode seen in IsdG/OxdA, Cld/DyP/EfeB/HemQ and siroheme decarboxylase barrels. CONCLUSIONS Our study offers insights into the plausible evolutionary relationships between the two distinct barrel packing topologies and relate the observed heme-binding sites to these topologies.
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- Giriraj Acharya
- CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, India
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Protein Network of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Denitrification Apparatus. J Bacteriol 2016; 198:1401-13. [PMID: 26903416 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00055-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Oxidative phosphorylation using multiple-component, membrane-associated protein complexes is the most effective way for a cell to generate energy. Here, we systematically investigated the multiple protein-protein interactions of the denitrification apparatus of the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa During denitrification, nitrate (Nar), nitrite (Nir), nitric oxide (Nor), and nitrous oxide (Nos) reductases catalyze the reaction cascade of NO(3-)→ NO(2-)→ NO → N2O → N2 Genetic experiments suggested that the nitric oxide reductase NorBC and the regulatory protein NosR are the nucleus of the denitrification protein network. We utilized membrane interactomics in combination with electron microscopy colocalization studies to elucidate the corresponding protein-protein interactions. The integral membrane proteins NorC, NorB, and NosR form the core assembly platform that binds the nitrate reductase NarGHI and the periplasmic nitrite reductase NirS via its maturation factor NirF. The periplasmic nitrous oxide reductase NosZ is linked via NosR. The nitrate transporter NarK2, the nitrate regulatory system NarXL, various nitrite reductase maturation proteins, NirEJMNQ, and the Nos assembly lipoproteins NosFL were also found to be attached. A number of proteins associated with energy generation, including electron-donating dehydrogenases, the complete ATP synthase, almost all enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, and the Sec system of protein transport, among many other proteins, were found to interact with the denitrification proteins. This deduced nitrate respirasome is presumably only one part of an extensive cytoplasmic membrane-anchored protein network connecting cytoplasmic, inner membrane, and periplasmic proteins to mediate key activities occurring at the barrier/interface between the cytoplasm and the external environment. IMPORTANCE The processes of cellular energy generation are catalyzed by large multiprotein enzyme complexes. The molecular basis for the interaction of these complexes is poorly understood. We employed membrane interactomics and electron microscopy to determine the protein-protein interactions involved. The well-investigated enzyme complexes of denitrification of the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa served as a model. Denitrification is one essential step of the universal N cycle and provides the bacterium with an effective alternative to oxygen respiration. This process allows the bacterium to form biofilms, which create low-oxygen habitats and which are a key in the infection mechanism. Our results provide new insights into the molecular basis of respiration, as well as opening a new window into the infection strategies of this pathogen.
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Determining Roles of Accessory Genes in Denitrification by Mutant Fitness Analyses. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 82:51-61. [PMID: 26452555 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02602-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Enzymes of the denitrification pathway play an important role in the global nitrogen cycle, including release of nitrous oxide, an ozone-depleting greenhouse gas. In addition, nitric oxide reductase, maturation factors, and proteins associated with nitric oxide detoxification are used by pathogens to combat nitric oxide release by host immune systems. While the core reductases that catalyze the conversion of nitrate to dinitrogen are well understood at a mechanistic level, there are many peripheral proteins required for denitrification whose basic function is unclear. A bar-coded transposon DNA library from Pseudomonas stutzeri strain RCH2 was grown under denitrifying conditions, using nitrate or nitrite as an electron acceptor, and also under molybdenum limitation conditions, with nitrate as the electron acceptor. Analysis of sequencing results from these growths yielded gene fitness data for 3,307 of the 4,265 protein-encoding genes present in strain RCH2. The insights presented here contribute to our understanding of how peripheral proteins contribute to a fully functioning denitrification pathway. We propose a new low-affinity molybdate transporter, OatABC, and show that differential regulation is observed for two MoaA homologs involved in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis. We also propose that NnrS may function as a membrane-bound NO sensor. The dominant HemN paralog involved in heme biosynthesis is identified, and a CheR homolog is proposed to function in nitrate chemotaxis. In addition, new insights are provided into nitrite reductase redundancy, nitric oxide reductase maturation, nitrous oxide reductase maturation, and regulation.
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