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A Rhizobium selenitireducens Protein Showing Selenite Reductase Activity

A Rhizobium selenitireducens Protein Showing Selenite Reductase Activity Biobarriers remove, via precipitation, the metalloid selenite (SeO 3 −2 ) from groundwater; a process that involves the biological reduction of soluble SeO 3 −2 to insoluble elemental red selenium (Se0). The enzymes associated with this reduction process are poorly understood. In Rhizobium selenitireducens at least two enzymes are potentially involved; one, a nitrite reductase reduces SeO 3 −2 to Se0 but another protein may also be involved which is investigated in this study. Proteins from R. selenitireducens cells were precipitated with ammonium sulfate and run on native electrophoresis gels. When these gels were incubated with NADH and SeO 3 −2 a band of precipitated Se0 developed signifying the presence of a SeO 3 −2 reducing protein. Bands were cut from the gel and analyzed for peptides via LCMSMS. The amino acid sequences associated with the bands indicated the presence of an NADH:flavin oxidoreductase that resembles YP_001326930 from Sinorhizobium medicae. The protein is part of a protein family termed old-yellow-enzymes (OYE) that contain a flavin binding domain. OYE enzymes are often involved in protecting cells from oxidative stress and, due in part to an active site that has a highly accessible binding pocket, are generally active on a wide range of substrates. This report is the first of an OYE enzyme being involved in SeO 3 −2 reduction. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Microbiology Springer Journals

A Rhizobium selenitireducens Protein Showing Selenite Reductase Activity

Current Microbiology , Volume 68 (3) – Oct 25, 2013

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2013 by Springer Science+Business Media New York (outside the USA)
Subject
Life Sciences; Microbiology; Biotechnology
ISSN
0343-8651
eISSN
1432-0991
DOI
10.1007/s00284-013-0474-7
pmid
24474405
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Abstract

Biobarriers remove, via precipitation, the metalloid selenite (SeO 3 −2 ) from groundwater; a process that involves the biological reduction of soluble SeO 3 −2 to insoluble elemental red selenium (Se0). The enzymes associated with this reduction process are poorly understood. In Rhizobium selenitireducens at least two enzymes are potentially involved; one, a nitrite reductase reduces SeO 3 −2 to Se0 but another protein may also be involved which is investigated in this study. Proteins from R. selenitireducens cells were precipitated with ammonium sulfate and run on native electrophoresis gels. When these gels were incubated with NADH and SeO 3 −2 a band of precipitated Se0 developed signifying the presence of a SeO 3 −2 reducing protein. Bands were cut from the gel and analyzed for peptides via LCMSMS. The amino acid sequences associated with the bands indicated the presence of an NADH:flavin oxidoreductase that resembles YP_001326930 from Sinorhizobium medicae. The protein is part of a protein family termed old-yellow-enzymes (OYE) that contain a flavin binding domain. OYE enzymes are often involved in protecting cells from oxidative stress and, due in part to an active site that has a highly accessible binding pocket, are generally active on a wide range of substrates. This report is the first of an OYE enzyme being involved in SeO 3 −2 reduction.

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Current MicrobiologySpringer Journals

Published: Oct 25, 2013

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