NADP+ reduction with reduced ferredoxin and NADP+ reduction with NADH are coupled via an electron-bifurcating enzyme complex in Clostridium kluyveri

J Bacteriol. 2010 Oct;192(19):5115-23. doi: 10.1128/JB.00612-10. Epub 2010 Jul 30.

Abstract

It was recently found that the cytoplasmic butyryl-coenzyme A (butyryl-CoA) dehydrogenase-EtfAB complex from Clostridium kluyveri couples the exergonic reduction of crotonyl-CoA to butyryl-CoA with NADH and the endergonic reduction of ferredoxin with NADH via flavin-based electron bifurcation. We report here on a second cytoplasmic enzyme complex in C. kluyveri capable of energetic coupling via this novel mechanism. It was found that the purified iron-sulfur flavoprotein complex NfnAB couples the exergonic reduction of NADP+ with reduced ferredoxin (Fdred) and the endergonic reduction of NADP+ with NADH in a reversible reaction: Fdred2-+NADH+2 NADP++H+=Fdox+NAD++2 NADPH. The role of this energy-converting enzyme complex in the ethanol-acetate fermentation of C. kluyveri is discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acyl Coenzyme A / metabolism
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Clostridium kluyveri / enzymology*
  • Clostridium kluyveri / genetics
  • Ferredoxins / metabolism*
  • NAD / metabolism*
  • NADP / metabolism*
  • Oxidation-Reduction

Substances

  • Acyl Coenzyme A
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Ferredoxins
  • NAD
  • butyryl-coenzyme A
  • NADP
  • crotonyl-coenzyme A