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Vanadium‐Binding Protein Excreted by Vanadate‐Reducing Bacteria

Vanadium‐Binding Protein Excreted by Vanadate‐Reducing Bacteria A vanadium‐binding protein was isolated from the culture medium of the vanadium‐reducing bacterium Pseudomonas isachenkovii by utilizing vanadate as the terminal electron acceptor upon anaerobic respiration. The protein was associated with vanadium at a molar ratio of approximately 1:20. It was purified to homogeneity and separated into three components by treatment with 1 M HCl followed by gel filtration: a protein, a vanadium‐binding ligand, and inorganic vanadium. Electron paramagnetic resonance analysis showed that vanadium was associated with the protein in the 4+ oxidation state. The distribution of vanadium within the cell was studied by electron microscopy and x‐ray microanalysis of P. isachenkovii cells. The results suggest that vanadium, accumulated in special swells on the surface of the cell membranes, is reduced and excreted to the medium. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png IUBMB Life Wiley

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Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
ISSN
1521-6543
eISSN
1521-6551
DOI
10.1080/15216540050022467
pmid
10776597
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Abstract

A vanadium‐binding protein was isolated from the culture medium of the vanadium‐reducing bacterium Pseudomonas isachenkovii by utilizing vanadate as the terminal electron acceptor upon anaerobic respiration. The protein was associated with vanadium at a molar ratio of approximately 1:20. It was purified to homogeneity and separated into three components by treatment with 1 M HCl followed by gel filtration: a protein, a vanadium‐binding ligand, and inorganic vanadium. Electron paramagnetic resonance analysis showed that vanadium was associated with the protein in the 4+ oxidation state. The distribution of vanadium within the cell was studied by electron microscopy and x‐ray microanalysis of P. isachenkovii cells. The results suggest that vanadium, accumulated in special swells on the surface of the cell membranes, is reduced and excreted to the medium.

Journal

IUBMB LifeWiley

Published: Feb 1, 2000

Keywords: Vanadium; Accumulation; Vanadium‐BINDING; Protein; Vanadate‐REDUCING; Bacteria

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