T. Giblin et Wt. Frankenberger, Perchlorate and nitrate reductase activity in the perchlorate-respiring bacterium perclace, MICROBI RES, 156(4), 2001, pp. 311-315
The perchlorate (ClO4-)-respiring organism, strain perclace, can grow using
nitrate (NO3-) as a terminal electron acceptor. In resting cell suspension
s, NO3- grown cells reduced ClO4-, and ClO4- grown cells reduced NO3-. Acti
vity assays showed that nitrate reductase (NR) activity was 1.31 mu mol min
(-1) (mg protein)(-1) in ClO4- grown cells, and perchlorate reductase (PR)
activity was 4.24 mu mol min(-1) (mg protein)(-1) in NO3- grown cells. PR a
ctivity was detected within the periplasmic space, with activities as high
as 14 mu mol min(-1) (mg protein)(-1). The NR had a pH optimum of 9.0 while
the PR had an optimum of 8.0. This study suggests that separate terminal r
eductases are present in strain perclace to reduce NO3- and ClO4-.