Abstract
Membranes of Klebsiella pneumoniae, grown anaerobically on citrate, contain a NADH oxidase activity that is activated specifically by Na+ or Li+ ions and effectively inhibited by 2-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide (HQNO). Cytochromes b and d were present in the membranes, and the steady state reduction level of cytochrome b increased on NaCl addition. Inverted bacterial membrane vesicles accumulated Na+ ions upon NADH oxidation. Na+ uptake was completely inhibited by monensin and by HQNO and slightly stimulated by carbonylcyanide-p-trifluoromethoxy phenylhydrazone (FCCP), thus indicating the operation of a primary Na+ pump. A Triton extract of the bacterial membranes did not catalyze NADH oxidation by O2, but by ferricyanide or menadione in a Na+-independent manner. The Na+-dependent NADH oxidation by O2 was restored by adding ubiquinone-1 in micromolar concentrations. After inhibition of the terminal oxidase with KCN, ubiquinol was formed from ubiquinone-1 and NADH. The reaction was stimulated about 6-fold by 10 mM NaCl and was severely inhibited by low amounts of HQNO. Superoxide radicals were formed during electron transfer from NADH to ubiquinone-1. These radicals disappeared by adding NaCl, but not with NaCl and HQNO. It is suggested that the superoxide radicals arise from semiquinone radicals which are formed by one electron reduction of quinone in a Na+-independent reaction sequence and then dismutate in a Na+ and HQNO sensitive reaction to quinone and quinol. The mechanism of the respiratory Na+ pump of K. pneumoniae appears to be quite similar to that of Vibrio alginolyticus.
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Abbreviations
- FCCP:
-
carbonylcyanide-p-trifluoromethoxy phenylhydrazone
- HQNO:
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2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide
- luminol:
-
5-amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione
- Q-1:
-
ubiquinone-1
- QH2 :
-
ubiquinol-1
- SOD:
-
superoxide dismutase
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Dimroth, P., Thomer, A. A primary respiratory Na+ pump of an anaerobic bacterium: the Na+-dependent NADH:quinone oxidoreductase of Klebsiella pneumoniae . Arch. Microbiol. 151, 439–444 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00416604
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