TY - JOUR
T1 - Cytoplasmic ATPase involved in ferrous ion uptake from magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1
AU - Suzuki, Takeyuki
AU - Okamura, Yoshiko
AU - Arakaki, Atsushi
AU - Takeyama, Haruko
AU - Matsunaga, Tadashi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), No. 18206084 from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan.
PY - 2007/7/24
Y1 - 2007/7/24
N2 - A non-magnetic mutant of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 (NMA61), harboring a defective gene located in ORF4 (gene ID: amb4111) was generated by transposon mutagenesis. Biochemical characterization of the gene product of ORF4 revealed that it was localized in the cytoplasm and displayed ATPase activity. The ability of NMA61 to take up iron was severely compromised. Ferrous ion concentration in the medium decreased more with the wild-type than with NMA61, while the iron content in the cytoplasmic fraction of NMA61 was much lower than the wild-type strain. This cytoplasmic ATPase is essential for iron trafficking within M. magneticum AMB-1.
AB - A non-magnetic mutant of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 (NMA61), harboring a defective gene located in ORF4 (gene ID: amb4111) was generated by transposon mutagenesis. Biochemical characterization of the gene product of ORF4 revealed that it was localized in the cytoplasm and displayed ATPase activity. The ability of NMA61 to take up iron was severely compromised. Ferrous ion concentration in the medium decreased more with the wild-type than with NMA61, while the iron content in the cytoplasmic fraction of NMA61 was much lower than the wild-type strain. This cytoplasmic ATPase is essential for iron trafficking within M. magneticum AMB-1.
KW - ATPase
KW - Cytoplasmic iron concentration
KW - Ferrous ion transport
KW - Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1
KW - Magnetotactic bacteria
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U2 - 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.06.047
DO - 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.06.047
M3 - Article
C2 - 17618623
AN - SCOPUS:34447280419
SN - 0014-5793
VL - 581
SP - 3443
EP - 3448
JO - FEBS Letters
JF - FEBS Letters
IS - 18
ER -