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J Bacteriol, April 1998, p. 2027-2032, Vol. 180, No. 8
0021-9193/98/$04.00+0
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Isolation and Characterization of Methanophenazine and Function of Phenazines in Membrane-Bound Electron Transport of Methanosarcina mazei Gö1

Hans-Jörg Abken,1 Mario Tietze,2 Jens Brodersen,1 Sebastian Bäumer,1 Uwe Beifuss,2 and Uwe Deppenmeier1,*

Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik1 and Institut für Organische Chemie,2 Georg-August-Universität, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

Received 5 November 1997/Accepted 2 February 1998

A hydrophobic, redox-active component with a molecular mass of 538 Da was isolated from lyophilized membranes of Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 by extraction with isooctane. After purification on a high-performance liquid chromatography column, the chemical structure was analyzed by mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance studies. The component was called methanophenazine and represents a 2-hydroxyphenazine derivative which is connected via an ether bridge to a polyisoprenoid side chain. Since methanophenazine was almost insoluble in aqueous buffers, water-soluble phenazine derivatives were tested for their ability to interact with membrane-bound enzymes involved in electron transport and energy conservation. The purified F420H2 dehydrogenase from M. mazei Gö1 showed highest activity with 2-hydroxyphenazine and 2-bromophenazine as electron acceptors when F420H2 was added. Phenazine-1-carboxylic acid and phenazine proved to be less effective. The Km values for 2-hydroxyphenazine and phenazine were 35 and 250 µM, respectively. 2-Hydroxyphenazine was also reduced by molecular hydrogen catalyzed by an F420-nonreactive hydrogenase which is present in washed membrane preparations. Furthermore, the membrane-bound heterodisulfide reductase was able to use reduced 2-hydroxyphenazine as an electron donor for the reduction of CoB-S-S-CoM. Considering all these results, it is reasonable to assume that methanophenazine plays an important role in vivo in membrane-bound electron transport of M. mazei Gö1.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Universität Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. Phone: (49) 551 393812. Fax: (49) 551 393793. E-mail: udeppen{at}gwdg.de.




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