Denitrification by the Fungus<i>Fusarium oxysporum</i>Involves NADH-Nitrate Reductase

  • FUJII Tatsuya
    Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
  • TAKAYA Naoki
    Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

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  • Denitrification by the Fungus Fusarium oxysporum Involves NADH-Nitrate Reductase

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Fusarium oxysporum JCM11502 expresses a denitrifying (nitrate (NO3)-respiring) mechanism and can thrive under oxygen (O2) limitation. The fungus reduces NO3 to nitrite at the initial step of denitrification. In this study, we cloned the gene coding NADH-NO3 reductase (NADH-Nar) (niaD) from F. oxysporum JCM11502. The niaD gene complemented the defective NO3 assimilation by mutant strain M10, indicating that the fungus reduced NO3 through NADH-Nar activity and assimilated it like other fungi. We found that the transcription of niaD and the production of NADH-Nar activity were enhanced under O2-limited denitrifying conditions relative to aerobic conditions. Strain M10 produced less NADH-Nar activity and less denitrified product than the wild-type strain. Introducing niaD into the mutant also restored these defects, indicating that niaD is involved in denitrification. These results indicate that the fungus denitrified NO3 through NADH-Nar activity in addition to the ubiquinol-Nar mechanism.

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