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. 1980 Apr;142(1):138–144. doi: 10.1128/jb.142.1.138-144.1980

Hydrogenase in actinorhizal root nodules and root nodule homogenates.

D R Benson, D J Arp, R H Burris
PMCID: PMC293917  PMID: 6989799

Abstract

Hydrogenases were measured in intact actinorhizal root nodules and from disrupted nodules of Alnus glutinosa, Alnus rhombifolia, Alnus rubra, and Myrica pensylvanica. Whole nodules took up H2 in an O2-dependent reaction. Endophyte preparations oxidized H2 through the oxyhydrogen reaction, but rates were enhanced when hydrogen uptake was coupled to artificial electron acceptors. Oxygen inhibited artifical acceptor-dependent H2 uptake. The hydrogenase system from M. pensylvanica had a different pattern of coupling to various electron acceptors than the hydrogenase systems from the alders; only the bayberry system evolved H2 from reduced viologen dyes.

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