Immunocytochemical localization of the coenzyme F420-reducing hydrogenase in Methanosarcina barkeri Fusaro.
AUTOR(ES)
Lünsdorf, H
RESUMO
The cytological localization of the 8-hydroxy-5-deazaflavin (coenzyme F420)-reducing hydrogenase of Methanosarcina barkeri Fusaro was determined by immunoelectron microscopy, using a specific polyclonal rabbit antiserum raised against the homogeneous deazaflavin-dependent enzyme. In Western blot (immunoblot) experiments this antiserum reacted specifically with the native coenzyme F420-reducing hydrogenase, but did not cross-react with the coenzyme F420-nonreducing hydrogenase activity also detectable in crude extracts prepared from methanol-grown Methanosarcina cells. Immunogold labelling of ultrathin sections of anaerobically fixed methanol-grown cells from the exponential growth phase revealed that the coenzyme F420-reducing hydrogenase was predominantly located in the vicinity of the cytoplasmic membrane. From this result we concluded that the deazaflavin-dependent hydrogenase is associated with the cytoplasmic membrane in intact cells of M. barkeri during growth on methanol as the sole methanogenic substrate, and a possible role of this enzyme in the generation of the electrochemical proton gradient is discussed.
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