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J Biol Chem, Vol. 273, Issue 33, 21015-21024, August 14, 1998

Cloning and Analysis of the Genes for a Novel Electron-transferring Flavoprotein from Megasphaera elsdenii
EXPRESSION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE RECOMBINANT PROTEIN

From the Department of Biochemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

The genes that encode the two different subunits of the novel electron-transferring flavoprotein (ETF) from Megasphaera elsdenii were identified by screening a partial genomic DNA library with a probe that was generated by amplification of genomic sequences using the polymerase chain reaction. The cloned genes are arranged in tandem with the coding sequence for the -subunit in the position 5' to the -subunit coding sequence. Amino acid sequence analysis of the two subunits revealed that there are two possible dinucleotide-binding sites on the -subunit and one on the -subunit. Comparison of M. elsdenii ETF amino acid sequence to other ETFs and ETF-like proteins indicates that while homology occurs with the mitochondrial ETF and bacterial ETFs, the greatest similarity is with the putative ETFs from clostridia and with fixAB gene products from nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The recombinant ETF was isolated from extracts of Escherichia coli. It is a heterodimer with subunits identical in size to the native protein. The isolated enzyme contains approximately 1 mol of FAD, but like the native protein it binds additional flavin to give a total of about 2 mol of FAD/dimer. It serves as an electron donor to butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase, and it also has NADH dehydrogenase activity.

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