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. 1966 Oct;92(4):828–838. doi: 10.1128/jb.92.4.828-838.1966

Multiple Forms of Bacterial Hydrogenases

B A C Ackrell 1,2, R N Asato 1,2, H F Mower 1,2
PMCID: PMC276341  PMID: 5926752

Abstract

Ackrell, B. A. C. (University of Hawaii, Honolulu), R. N. Asato, and H. F. Mower. Multiple forms of bacterial hydrogenases. J. Bacteriol. 92:828–838. 1966.—Extracts of certain bacterial species have been shown by disc electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gel to contain multiple hydrogenase systems. The hydrogenase enzymes comprising these systems have different electrophoretic mobilities and produce a band pattern that is unique for each bacterial species. Of 20 bacterial species known to possess hydrogenase activity and which were examined by this technique, only the activities of Clostridium tetanomorphum and C. thermosaccharolyticum could be attributed, at pH 8.3, to a single hydrogenase enzyme. This multiplicity of hydrogenase forms was found both in bacteria which contain mostly soluble hydrogenases and in those where the hydrogenase is predominantly associated with particulate material. When solubilization of this particulate material could be effected, at least two solubilized hydrogenases were released, and, of these, one would have the same electrophoretic properties (i.e., RF) as one of the soluble hydrogenases already present in small amounts within the cell. Different growth conditions for various types of bacteria, such as the nitrogen source, the degree of aeration, and photosynthetic versus aerobic growth in the dark, as well as the conditions under which the cells were stored, markedly affected the hydrogenase activity of the cells, but not their hydrogenase band pattern. The disc electrophoresis technique proved to be 10 times more sensitive than the manometric technique in detecting hydrogenase activity.

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