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Journal of Bacteriology, December 2004, p. 8036-8043, Vol. 186, No. 23
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.23.8036-8043.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Chromosomally Encoded Cation Diffusion Facilitator Proteins DmeF and FieF from Wautersia metallidurans CH34 Are Transporters of Broad Metal Specificity

Doreen Munkelt, Gregor Grass,* and Dietrich H. Nies

Institut für Mikrobiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, Halle, Germany

Received 3 June 2004/ Accepted 28 August 2004

Genomic sequencing of the ß-proteobacterium Wautersia (previously Ralstonia) metallidurans CH34 revealed the presence of three genes encoding proteins of the cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) family. One, CzcD, was previously found to be part of the high-level metal resistance system Czc that mediates the efflux of Co(II), Zn(II), and Cd(II) ions catalyzed by the CzcCBA cation-proton antiporter. The second CDF protein, FieF, is probably mainly a ferrous iron detoxifying protein but also mediated some resistance against other divalent metal cations such as Zn(II), Co(II), Cd(II), and Ni(II) in W. metallidurans or Escherichia coli. The third CDF protein, DmeF, showed the same substrate spectrum as FieF, but with different preferences. DmeF plays the central role in cobalt homeostasis in W. metallidurans, and a disruption of dmeF rendered the high-level metal cation resistance systems Czc and Cnr ineffective against Co(II). This is evidence for the periplasmic detoxification of substrates by RND transporters of the heavy metal efflux family subgroup.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Mikrobiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3, 06120 Halle, Germany. Phone: 49 (0345) 5526375. Fax: 49 (0345) 5527010. E-mail: g.grass{at}mikrobiologie.uni-halle.de.

Journal of Bacteriology, December 2004, p. 8036-8043, Vol. 186, No. 23
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.23.8036-8043.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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