Cyanide-resistant electron transport in sporulating Bacillus megaterium KM
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- DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(77)90073-1
Cyanide-resistant electron transport in sporulating Bacillus megaterium KM
Abstract
The NADH oxidase activity of stage V mother-cell membranes, isolated from sporulating Bacillus megaterium KM, shows a greater inhibition by cyanide and displays this response at lower concentrations of cyanide than the stage V forespore inner membrane. Comparison of the effects of various respiratory inhibitors reveals that the difference in cyanide sensitivity between these membranes is located on the oxidase side of the 2-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide-sensitive step. Both membranes contain cytochromes a+a3, b-562, b-555, c and d, with three potential oxidases: cytochromes a+a3, o and d. Cyanide difference spectra suggest that cytochromes b-562 and d may be the components involved in the cyanide-resistant electron transport pathway. Membrane ascorbate-N,N,N',N'-tetramethylphenylenediamine and ascorbate 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol oxidase activities are highly sensitive to cyanide. Evidence is presented for terminal branching of the respiratory chain with branches differing in cyanide sensitivity. The cyanide sensitivity of the NADH oxidase of membranes prepared from various stages of sporulation is compared. Morphogenesis of the mother-cell plasma membrane to a cyanide-sensitive form during stages II and III of sporulation is postulated.
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