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Journal of Bacteriology, July 2007, p. 4960-4963, Vol. 189, No. 13
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00272-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Conversion of Flavodoxin from Holoenzyme to Apoprotein during Growth Phase Changes in Helicobacter pylori{triangledown}

Hirofumi Shimomura,1* Shunji Hayashi,1 Kenji Yokota,2 Keiji Oguma,2 and Yoshikazu Hirai1

Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi 329-0498,1 Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8558, Japan2

Received 19 February 2007/ Accepted 12 April 2007

The catabolic pathway for flavodoxin has yet to be clarified for any bacterial species. In this study, we found that the flavin mononucleotide in the flavodoxin of Helicobacter pylori is degraded to riboflavin via the phosphomonoesterase activity of class C acid phosphatase. The result is a conversion of holoflavodoxin to apoflavodoxin.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan. Phone: 81-285-58-7332. Fax: 81-285-44-1175. E-mail: shimo{at}jichi.ac.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 20 April 2007.

Journal of Bacteriology, July 2007, p. 4960-4963, Vol. 189, No. 13
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00272-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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