Levels of periplasmic nitrate reductase during denitrification are lower in Bradyrhizobium japonicum than in Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens

Arthur Fernandes Siqueira, Masayuki Sugawara, Haruka Arashida, Kiwamu Minamisawa, Cristina Sánchez

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Abstract

Soybean plants host endosymbiotic dinitrogen (N2)-fixing bacteria from the genus Bradyrhizobium. Under oxygen-limiting conditions, Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens and Bradyrhizobium japonicum perform denitrification by sequentially reducing nitrate (NO3) to nitrous oxide (N2O) or N2. The anaerobic reduction of NO3 to N2O was previously shown to be lower in B. japonicum than in B. diazoefficiens due to impaired periplasmic nitrate reductase (Nap) activity in B. japonicum. We herein demonstrated that impaired Nap activity in B. japonicum was due to low Nap protein levels, which may be related to a decline in the production of FixP and FixO proteins by the cbb3-type oxidase.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberME19129
Pages (from-to)1-5
Number of pages5
JournalMicrobes and Environments
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • Bradyrhizobium
  • Cbb oxidase
  • Competitive growth
  • Denitrification
  • Periplasmic nitrate reductase

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