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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2004, p. 873-882, Vol. 70, No. 2
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.873-882.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Chromate-Reducing Properties of Soluble Flavoproteins from Pseudomonas putida and Escherichia coli

D. F. Ackerley,1,{dagger} C. F. Gonzalez,1,{dagger} C. H. Park,1 R. Blake II,2 M. Keyhan,1 and A. Matin1*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305,1 College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana 701252

Received 22 August 2003/ Accepted 13 November 2003

Cr(VI) (chromate) is a toxic, soluble environmental contaminant. Bacteria can reduce chromate to the insoluble and less toxic Cr(III), and thus chromate bioremediation is of interest. Genetic and protein engineering of suitable enzymes can improve bacterial bioremediation. Many bacterial enzymes catalyze one-electron reduction of chromate, generating Cr(V), which redox cycles, generating excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS). Such enzymes are not appropriate for bioremediation, as they harm the bacteria and their primary end product is not Cr(III). In this work, the chromate reductase activities of two electrophoretically pure soluble bacterial flavoproteins—ChrR (from Pseudomonas putida) and YieF (from Escherichia coli)—were examined. Both are dimers and reduce chromate efficiently to Cr(III) (kcat/Km = ~2 x 104 M-1 · s-1). The ChrR dimer generated a flavin semiquinone during chromate reduction and transferred >25% of the NADH electrons to ROS. However, the semiquinone was formed transiently and ROS diminished with time. Thus, ChrR probably generates Cr(V), but only transiently. Studies with mutants showed that ChrR protects against chromate toxicity; this is possibly because it preempts chromate reduction by the cellular one-electron reducers, thereby minimizing ROS generation. ChrR is thus a suitable enzyme for further studies. During chromate reduction by YieF, no flavin semiquinone was generated and only 25% of the NADH electrons were transferred to ROS. The YieF dimer may therefore be an obligatory four-electron chromate reducer which in one step transfers three electrons to chromate and one to molecular oxygen. As a mutant lacking this enzyme could not be obtained, the role of YieF in chromate protection could not be directly explored. The results nevertheless suggest that YieF may be an even more suitable candidate for further studies than ChrR.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sherman Fairchild Science Building, Stanford University School of Medicine, 299 Campus Dr., Stanford, CA 94305. Phone: (650) 725-4745. Fax: (650) 725-6757. E-mail: a.matin{at}stanford.edu.

{dagger} D.F.A. and C.F.G. contributed equally to this work.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2004, p. 873-882, Vol. 70, No. 2
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.873-882.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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