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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 1998, p. 3188-3194, Vol. 64, No. 9
0099-2240/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Localization and Solubilization of the Iron(III) Reductase of Geobacter sulfurreducens

Sarra Gaspard, Francisco Vazquez, and Christof Holliger*

Limnological Research Center, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), CH-6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland

Received 29 December 1997/Accepted 19 June 1998

The iron(III) reductase activity of Geobacter sulfurreducens was determined with the electron donor NADH and the artificial electron donor horse heart cytochrome c. The highest reduction rates were obtained with Fe(III) complexed by nitrilotriacetic acid as an electron acceptor. Fractionation experiments indicated that no iron(III) reductase activity was present in the cytoplasm, that approximately one-third was found in the periplasmic fraction, and that two-thirds were associated with the membrane fraction. Sucrose gradient separation of the outer and cytoplasmic membranes showed that about 80% of the iron(III) reductase was present in the outer membrane. The iron(III) reductase could be solubilized from the membrane fraction with 0.5 M KCl showing that the iron(III) reductase was weakly bound to the membranes. In addition, solubilization of the iron(III) reductase from whole cells with 0.5 M KCl, without disruption of cells, indicated that the iron(III) reductase is a peripheral protein on the outside of the outer membrane. Redox difference spectra of KCl extracts showed the presence of c-type cytochromes which could be oxidized by ferrihydrite. Only one activity band was observed in native polyacrylamide gels stained for the iron(III) reductase activity. Excision of the active band from a preparative gel followed by extraction of the proteins and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed the presence of high-molecular-mass, cytochrome-containing proteins in this iron(III) reductase activity band. From these experimental data it can be hypothesized that the iron(III) reductase of G. sulfurreducens is a peripheral outer membrane protein that might contain a c-type cytochrome.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), Limnological Research Center, Seestr. 79, CH-6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland. Phone: 41-41-3492145. Fax: 41-41-3492168. E-mail: holliger{at}eawag.ch.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 1998, p. 3188-3194, Vol. 64, No. 9
0099-2240/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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