Role of the nifQ gene product in the incorporation of molybdenum into nitrogenase in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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Imperial, J

RESUMO

NifQ- mutants of Klebsiella pneumoniae are defective in nitrogen fixation due to an elevated requirement for molybdenum. When millimolar concentrations of molybdate were added to the medium, the effects of the nifQ mutations were suppressed. NifQ- mutants were not impaired in the uptake of molybdate, but molybdate accumulation was defective in these mutants. All of the nif-coded proteins were present in NifQ- cells derepressed in the absence of molybdenum. Molybdenum-activatable nitrogenase component I was found at the same level observed in the wild type. Molybdenum, thus, does not play a role in nif expression or in the short-term stability of nif-coded proteins. The defect in NifQ- mutants was in the incorporation of molybdenum into nitrogenase component I. The nifQ gene product acts together with the products of nifB, nifN, and nifE in the biosynthesis of the iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase.

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