PMID: 6397131Jan 1, 1984Paper

Hydrogen oxidation and nitrogen fixation in rhizobia, with special attention focused on strain ORS 571

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
W de VriesA H Stouthamer

Abstract

In this survey we describe the influence of hydrogen oxidation on the physiology of Rhizobium ORS 571. The presence of hydrogen is required for the synthesis of hydrogenase. Carbon substrates do not repress the synthesis of hydrogenase. The respiratory system contains cytrochromes of the b- and c-type. Cytochrome alpha 600 is present after growth at high oxygen tensions. The nature of the terminal oxidases functioning at low oxygen tensions has not been established yet----H+/O values with endogenous substrates are between 6 and 7. The results show the presence of two phosphorylation sites: site 1 (ATP/2e = 1.0) and site 2(ATP/2e = 1.33). By measuring molar growth yields it has been demonstrated that carbon-limited, nitrogen-fixing cultures obtain additional ATP from hydrogen oxidation, and that site 2 of oxidative phosphorylation is passed during hydrogen oxidation. A method is described to calculate ATP/N2 values (the total amount of ATP used by nitrogenase during the fixation of 1 mol N2) and H2/N2 ratios (mol hydrogen formed per mol N2 fixed) in aerobic organisms. For Rhizobium ORS 571 the ATP/N2 value is about 40 and the H2/N2 ratio is between 5 and 7.5. Cells obtained from oxygen-limited nitrogen-fixing cultures contain 30...Continue Reading

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