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. 1987 Oct;169(10):4784–4789. doi: 10.1128/jb.169.10.4784-4789.1987

Membrane topography of anaerobic carbon monoxide oxidation in Rhodocyclus gelatinosus.

J E Champine 1, R L Uffen 1
PMCID: PMC213855  PMID: 3308854

Abstract

Rhodocyclus gelatinosus 1 grows anaerobically in the dark at the expense of carbon monoxide. Topographical studies with methyl viologen as the membrane probe indicated that CO oxidation and H2 production sites were on the cytoplasmic side of the cell membrane. Membrane-associated hydrogen gas production appeared to be a unidirectional reaction. In the dark, strain 1 whole cells oxidized CO and incorporated about 306 pmol of 32Pi into ATP per min per mg of protein. With CO as the sole energy-yielding substrate, cells grew with a low growth yield coefficient of 3.7 g (dry weight) of cells per mg of CO oxidized.

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