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Journal of Bacteriology, August 2003, p. 4354-4361, Vol. 185, No. 15
0021-9193/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.15.4354-4361.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Interplay of the Czc System and Two P-Type ATPases in Conferring Metal Resistance to Ralstonia metallidurans

Antje Legatzki,1 Gregor Grass,1,2 Andreas Anton,1 Christopher Rensing,2 and Dietrich H. Nies1*

Institut für Mikrobiologie, 06099 Halle, Germany,1 Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 857212

Received 27 February 2003/ Accepted 29 April 2003

Cadmium and zinc are removed from cells of Ralstonia metallidurans by the CzcCBA efflux pump and by two soft-metal-transporting P-type ATPases, CadA and ZntA. The czcCBA genes are located on plasmid pMOL30, and the cadA and zntA genes are on the bacterial chromosome. Expression of zntA from R. metallidurans in Escherichia coli predominantly mediated resistance to zinc, and expression of cadA predominantly mediated resistance to cadmium. Both transporters decreased the cellular content of zinc or cadmium in this host. In the plasmid-free R. metallidurans strain AE104, single gene deletions of cadA or zntA had only a moderate effect on cadmium and zinc resistance, but zinc resistance decreased 6-fold and cadmium resistance decreased 350-fold in double deletion strains. Neither single nor double gene deletions affected zinc resistance in the presence of czcCBA. In contrast, cadmium resistance of the cadA zntA double mutant could be elevated only partially by the presence of CzcCBA. lacZ reporter gene fusions indicated that expression of cadA was induced by cadmium but not by zinc in R. metallidurans strain AE104. In the absence of the zntA gene, expression of cadA occurred at lower cadmium concentrations and zinc now served as an inducer. In contrast, expression of zntA was induced by both zinc and cadmium, and the induction pattern did not change in the presence or absence of CadA. However, expression of both genes, zntA and cadA, was diminished in the presence of CzcCBA. This indicated that CzcCBA efficiently decreased cytoplasmic cadmium and zinc concentrations. It is discussed whether these data favor a model in which the cations are removed either from the cytoplasm or the periplasm by CzcCBA.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Mikrobiologie, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, 06099 Halle, Germany. Phone: (49)-345-5526352. Fax: (49)-345-5527010. E-mail: d.nies{at}mikrobiologie.uni-halle.de.

Journal of Bacteriology, August 2003, p. 4354-4361, Vol. 185, No. 15
0021-9193/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.15.4354-4361.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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