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Abstract

Previous studies identified five -like genes ( through ) in (strain W5), where the gene encodes the nitrogenase iron protein. Transcripts of these genes, with the exception of , were detected in molybdenum-sufficient nitrogen-fixing cells. However, the size of the transcripts, the level of transcription and the presence of polypeptides encoded by the -like genes were not reported. The and genes were extremely similar, as they seemed to differ by only two bases in a span of 2481 bp, one in the coding region and another in the upstream region. Re-examination of the DNA sequences revealed that the coding region of and was identical, whereas the difference in the upstream region was confirmed. Results from the authors' ongoing study of the genes of single-colony isolates of suggest that the designation should be eliminated. Here the size of mRNA from and the detection of the NifH2 polypeptide in nitrogen-fixing cells of are reported. Northern blot analysis of periodically collected nitrogen-fixing cells showed that the and mRNAs were present throughout growth. Addition of ammonium acetate repressed the transcription of both these genes similarly. Using an antiserum raised against NifH of , two NifH-related bands were detected by Western blot analysis after electrophoretic separation of proteins in extracts of nitrogen-fixing cells. After separation of proteins by preparative SDS-PAGE, the NifH polypeptides were characterized by MALDI-TOF-MS (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry) and by ES-MS/MS (electrospray tandem mass spectrometry) analyses. The results confirmed the presence of NifH2, in addition to NifH1, in nitrogen-fixing cells.

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