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J Bacteriol. 1993 January; 175(1): 295-298

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A genetic region downstream of the hydrogenase structural genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum that is required for hydrogenase processing.

Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218.

ABSTRACT

Deletion of a 2.9-kb chromosomal EcoRI fragment of DNA located 2.2 kb downstream from the end of the hydrogenase structural genes resulted in the complete loss of hydrogenase activity. The normal 65- and 35-kDa hydrogenase subunits were absent in the deletion mutants. Instead, two peptides of 66.5 and 41 kDa were identified in the mutants by use of anti-hydrogenase subunit-specific antibody. A hydrogenase structural gene mutant did not synthesize either the normal hydrogenase subunits or the larger peptides. Hydrogenase activity in the deletion mutants was complemented to near wild-type levels by plasmid pCF1, containing a 6.5-kb BglII fragment, and the 65- and 35-kDa hydrogenase subunits were also recovered in the mutants containing pCF1.

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