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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2006, p. 695-701, Vol. 72, No. 1
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.72.1.695-701.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Involvement of NarK1 and NarK2 Proteins in Transport of Nitrate and Nitrite in the Denitrifying Bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

Vandana Sharma, Chris E. Noriega, and John J. Rowe*

Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45469

Received 26 July 2005/ Accepted 1 November 2005

Two transmembrane proteins were tentatively classified as NarK1 and NarK2 in the Pseudomonas genome project and hypothesized to play an important physiological role in nitrate/nitrite transport in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The narK1 and narK2 genes are located in a cluster along with the structural genes for the nitrate reductase complex. Our studies indicate that the transcription of all these genes is initiated from a single promoter and that the gene complex narK1K2GHJI constitutes an operon. Utilizing an isogenic narK1 mutant, a narK2 mutant, and a narK1K2 double mutant, we explored their effect on growth under denitrifying conditions. While the {Delta}narK1::Gm mutant was only slightly affected in its ability to grow under denitrification conditions, both the {Delta}narK2::Gm and {Delta}narK1K2::Gm mutants were found to be severely restricted in nitrate-dependent, anaerobic growth. All three strains demonstrated wild-type levels of nitrate reductase activity. Nitrate uptake by whole-cell suspensions demonstrated both the {Delta}narK2::Gm and {Delta}narK1K2::Gm mutants to have very low yet different nitrate uptake rates, while the {Delta}narK1::Gm mutant exhibited wild-type levels of nitrate uptake. Finally, Escherichia coli narK rescued both the {Delta}narK2::Gm and {Delta}narK1K2::Gm mutants with respect to anaerobic respiratory growth. Our results indicate that only the NarK2 protein is required as a nitrate/nitrite transporter by Pseudomonas aeruginosa under denitrifying conditions.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biology, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-2320. Phone: (937) 229-2521. Fax: (937) 229-2021. E-mail: John.Rowe{at}notes.udayton.edu

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2006, p. 695-701, Vol. 72, No. 1
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.72.1.695-701.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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