Drummond M H
Biochem J. 1985 Dec 15;232(3):891-6. doi: 10.1042/bj2320891.
The nucleotide sequence of a 629 base-pair segment of DNA spanning the nifF gene of Klebsiella pneumoniae is presented. The structural gene comprises 531 base-pairs (175 codons, excluding the translational initiator and terminator) encoding an acidic polypeptide of 18950 Da. The nifF product thus belongs to the long-chain class of flavodoxins. It shows some sequence homology to the short-chain flavodoxins from Desulfovibrio vulgaris, Clostridium MP and Megasphaera elsdenii, and much stronger homology to long-chain flavodoxins from Azotobacter vinelandii and Anacystis nidulans. The long chain flavodoxins thus seem to constitute a well-conserved sub-group. The homology with the A. vinelandii flavodoxin is particularly strong, which may reflect their common function in nitrogen fixation.
本文给出了肺炎克雷伯菌nifF基因所在的一段629个碱基对的DNA序列。该结构基因由531个碱基对组成(175个密码子,不包括翻译起始密码子和终止密码子),编码一个18950 Da的酸性多肽。因此,nifF产物属于长链类黄素氧还蛋白。它与来自普通脱硫弧菌、梭菌MP和埃氏巨球形菌的短链黄素氧还蛋白有一些序列同源性,与来自棕色固氮菌和集胞藻的长链黄素氧还蛋白有更强的同源性。因此,长链黄素氧还蛋白似乎构成了一个保守性良好的亚组。与棕色固氮菌黄素氧还蛋白的同源性尤为强烈,这可能反映了它们在固氮中的共同功能。