Abstract
Investigators have proposed for some time that bacterial luciferase forms a shunt around the pathway of respiratory electron transport. Certain physiologic evidence for coupling between luminescence and respiration has supported such a view. In this study, Vibrio harveyi cells were monitored for luminescent responses to artificial manipulation of respiratory electron flow. The effects of cyanide under aerobic and anaerobic conditions confirmed that luminescence and respiration compete for oxygen. The effects of an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation indicated that luminescence and respiration compete for a common reductant. Treatment with uncoupler also induced aldehyde deficiency in vivo.
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Abbreviations
- CCCP:
-
carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone
- Tris:
-
tris(hydroxymethyl) aminomethane
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Grogan, D.W. Interaction of respiration and luminescence in a common marine bacterium. Arch Microbiol 137, 159–162 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00414459
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