G. Gennaro et al., CLONING, CHARACTERIZATION, AND REGULATION OF NIFF FROM RHODOBACTER-CAPSULATUS, Journal of bacteriology, 178(13), 1996, pp. 3949-3952
The Rhodobacter capsulatus nifF gene and upstream sequence were cloned
by using a probe based on the N-terminal sequence of NifP. nifF was f
ound to not be contained in the previously described nif regions I, II
, and III. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence showed that i
t is highly similar to NifF from Azotobacter vinelandii and NifF from
Klebsiella pneumoniae. Analysis of translational fusions demonstrated
that the regulation of transcription was the same as previously report
ed at the protein level. Insertional mutagenesis showed that NifF cont
ributes significantly to nitrogenase activity under normal nitrogen-fi
xing conditions and that it is absolutely required for nitrogen fixati
on under iron limitation.