Table 4

Specific activities, production and iron quantitation assay of purified CrHydA1 anaerobically expressed in S. oneidensis AS52A1N strain grown with DMSO, TMAO or thiosulfate as substrates for anaerobic respiration.

Anaerobic respiration substrate used for cell growth

Activity of HydA1 μmol H2 mg-1 min-1

Atoms of Fe/molecule of protein

Production of HydA1 protein μg/L of culture(OD600 = 1)


TMAO 10 mM

705 ± 18

6.4 ± 0.5

400 ± 20

Thiosulfate 20 mM

695 ± 33

5.89 ± 0.32

420 ± 35

DMSO 10 mM

740 ± 56

6.08 ± 0.12

500 ± 28


Values are: result ± standard deviation (at least three replicates of all experiments).

Sybirna et al. BMC Biotechnology 2008 8:73   doi:10.1186/1472-6750-8-73

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