Abstract
Cell suspensions of Campylobacter fetus subsp. intestinalis grown microaerophilically in complex media consumed oxygen in the presence of formate, succinate, and DL-lactate, and membranes had the corresponding dehydrogenase activities. The cells and membranes also had ascorbate-N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine oxidase activity which was cyanide sensitive. The fumarate reductase activity in the membranes was inhibited by p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonate, and this enzyme was probably responsible for the succinate dehydrogenase activity. Cytochrome c was predominant in the membranes, and a major proportion of this pigment exhibited a carbon monoxide-binding spectrum. Approximately 60% of the total membrane cytochrome c, measured with dithionite as the reductant, was also reduced by ascorbate-N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine. A similar proportion of the membrane cytochrome c was reduced by succinate under anaerobic conditions, whereas formate reduced more than 90% of the total cytochrome under these conditions. 2-Heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide inhibited reduction of cytochrome c with succinate, and the reduced spectrum of cytochrome b became evident. The inhibitor delayed reduction of cytochrome c with formate, but the final level of reduction was unaffected. We conclude that the respiratory chain includes low- and high-potential forms of cytochromes c and b; the carbon monoxide-binding form of cytochrome c might function as a terminal oxidase.
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