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The gene encoding a putative high-potential iron–sulfur protein (HiPIP) from the strictly acidophilic and chemolithoautotrophic ATCC 33020 has been cloned and sequenced. This potential HiPIP was overproduced in the periplasm of the neutrophile and heterotroph . As shown by optical and EPR spectra and by electrochemical studies, the recombinant protein has all the biochemical properties of a HiPIP, indicating that the iron–sulfur cluster was correctly inserted. Translocation of this protein in the periplasm of was not detected in a Δ mutant, indicating that it is dependent on the Tat system. The genetic organization of the locus in strains ATCC 23270 and ATCC 33020 is different from that found in strains Fe-1 and BRGM. Indeed, in ATCC 33020 and ATCC 23270 (the type strain), was not located downstream from but was instead downstream from , encoding cytochrome from the second cytochrome complex. These findings underline the genotypic heterogeneity within the species. The results suggest that Iro transfers electrons from a cytochrome complex to a terminal oxidase, as proposed for the HiPIP in photosynthetic bacteria.

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