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Microbiology 143 (1997), 2853-2863; DOI  10.1099/00221287-143-9-2853
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In vivo studies disprove an obligatory role of azurin in denitrification in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and show that azu expression is under control of RpoS and ANR

Erik Vijgenboom, Julie E. Busch and Gerard W. Canters

Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, PO Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

Author for correspondence: Erik Vijgenboom. Tel: +31 71 5274278. Fax: +31 71 5274349. e-mail: vijgenbo@chem.leidenuniv.nl

ABSTRACT

Summary: The role of the blue copper protein azurin and cytochrome C551 as the possible electron donors to nitrite reductase in the dissimilatory nitrate reduction pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been investigated. It was shown by an in vivo approach with mutant strains of P. aeruginosa deficient in one or both of these electron-transfer proteins that cytochrome C551, but not azurin, is functional in this pathway. Expression studies demonstrated the presence of azurin in both aerobic and anaerobic cultures. A sharp increase in azurin expression was observed when cultures were shifted from exponential to stationary phase. The stationary-phase sigma factor, {sigma}s, was shown to be responsible for this induction. In addition, one of the two promoters transcribing the azu gene was regulated by the anaerobic transcriptional regulator ANR. An azurin-deficient mutant was more sensitive to hydrogen peroxide and paraquat than the wild-type P. aeruginosa. These results suggest a physiological role of azurin in stress situations like those encountered in the transition to the stationary phase.

Keywords: azurin, redox stress, ANR, rpoS, anaerobiosis




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