Liu Guangfei, Zhou Jiti, Fu Q Shiang, Wang Jing
Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental andBiological Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
J Bacteriol. 2009 Oct;191(20):6394-400. doi: 10.1128/JB.00552-09. Epub 2009 Aug 7.
The physiological role of Escherichia coli azoreductase AzoR was studied. It was found that AzoR was capable of reducing several benzo-, naphtho-, and anthraquinone compounds, which were better substrates for AzoR than the model azo substrate methyl red. The DeltaazoR mutant displayed reduced viability when exposed to electrophilic quinones, which are capable of depleting cellular reduced glutathione (GSH). Externally added GSH can partially restore the impaired growth of the DeltaazoR mutant caused by 2-methylhydroquinone. The transcription of azoR was induced by electrophiles, including 2-methylhydroquinone, catechol, menadione, and diamide. A transcription start point was identified 44 bp upstream from the translation start point. These data indicated that AzoR is a quinone reductase providing resistance to thiol-specific stress caused by electrophilic quinones.
研究了大肠杆菌偶氮还原酶AzoR的生理作用。发现AzoR能够还原几种苯醌、萘醌和蒽醌化合物,这些化合物是比模型偶氮底物甲基红更好的AzoR底物。ΔazoR突变体在暴露于亲电醌时活力降低,亲电醌能够耗尽细胞内的还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)。外部添加的GSH可以部分恢复由2-甲基对苯二酚引起的ΔazoR突变体受损的生长。azoR的转录由亲电试剂诱导,包括2-甲基对苯二酚、儿茶酚、甲萘醌和二酰胺。在翻译起始点上游44 bp处鉴定到一个转录起始点。这些数据表明AzoR是一种醌还原酶,可提供对亲电醌引起的硫醇特异性应激的抗性。