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    FEBS Lett. 1996 Mar 11;382(1-2):141-4.

    The flavohaemoglobin (HMP) of Escherichia coli generates superoxide in vitro and causes oxidative stress in vivo.

    Membrillo-Hernández J, Ioannidis N, Poole RK.

    Division of Life Sciences, King's College London, U.K.

    Purified flavohaemoglobin (HMP) of Escherichia coli reduces Fe(III) in a superoxide dismutase (SOD)-sensitive reaction, demonstrating superoxide anion generation during aerobic NADH oxidation. In vivo, sodA-lacZ fusion activity was increased 3-fold by introducing plasmid pPL341, containing the hmp gene, or by growth with paraquat. The effects were additive and SOXS-dependent. Thus HMP activity causes oxidative stress in vivo. Activities of sodA-lacZ and hmp-lacZ fusions were stimulated in a himA mutant, demonstrating repression of both promoters by integration host factor (IHF), but the effects of pPL341 on sodA-lacZ activity were not due to titration of IHF by the hmp promoter.

    PMID: 8612736 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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