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Microbiology 142 (1996), 2549-2559; DOI  10.1099/00221287-142-9-2549
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Unusual ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase genes from a marine manganese-oxidizing bacterium

Ron Caspi1, Margo G. Haygood1 and Bradley M. Tebo1,2

Marine Biology Research Division and Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA

2Author for correspondence: Bradley M. Tebo. Tel: +1 619 534 5470. Fax: +1 619 534 7313. e-mail: btebo@ucsd.edu

ABSTRACT

The Gram-negative bacterium strain SI85-9A1 is a novel marine {alpha}-proteobacterium that oxidizes manganese(II) to manganese(IV). Initial DNA hybridization screening showed that SI85-9A1 possesses a gene similar to cbbL, the gene coding for the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO; EC 4.1.1.39). However, no RubisCO enzyme activity was found in cultures of SI85-9A1. Genes coding for both large (cbbL) and small (cbbS) subunits of a RubisCO enzyme were identified, isolated and sequenced. When these genes were introduced into an Escherichia coli host strain, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate-dependent CO2 fixation occurred under control of a lac promoter, indicating that the protein is functional in E. coli. Although their function is unknown, this is the first direct evidence for the presence of RubisCO genes in a manganese-oxidizing bacterium. Phylogenetic analysis of the RubisCO genes of strain SI85-9A1 showed that they are divergent, but are more related to those from non-chlorophyte algal chloroplasts than are those from other bacteria. The fact that the RubisCO sequence of strain SI85-9A1 is not closely related to any other published RubisCO sequence suggests that the protein may be valuable for studies of the function and evolution of the RubisCO enzyme as well as its activity in the environment.


Keywords: ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, RubisCO, manganese oxidation, autotrophy




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