Abstract
Oka, Tetuo (University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan), and Kei Arima. Cyanide resistance in Achromobacter. II. Mechanism of cyanide resistance. J. Bacteriol. 90:744–747. 1965.—Photochemical data showed that the only oxidase found in the cyanide-sensitive cells of Achromobacter was cytochrome o, and that cyanide-resistant cells contained at least two oxidases. The oxidase responsible for cyanide resistance was a pigment the CO compound of which had its absorption band at a wavelength longer than 580 mμ. In addition, kinetic data suggested that there were two oxidases having different affinities for cyanide. From the data presented, resistance to cyanide in Achromobacter strain D was attributed to the induced formation of cytochrome a2, which has a very low affinity for cyanide. Several characteristics of cytochrome a2 as a cytochrome oxidase are summarized.
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