[NiFe] Group 1a-hydrogenase

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Properties

Group	[NiFe] Group 1: Respiratory H₂-uptake [NiFe] hydrogenases
Subgroup	[NiFe] Group 1a: Periplasmic
Function	Hydrogenotrophic respiration using sulfate, metal, or organohalide compounds as terminal electron acceptors. Enzyme transfers H₂-liberated electrons through cytochrome c₃ to terminal reductase.
Activity	H₂-uptake (unidirectional)
Oxygen tolerance	O₂-sensitive (NiFe variants) or O₂-tolerant (NiFeSe variants)
Localisation	Periplasmic

Distribution

Ecosystem distribution	Anoxic soils and sediments, marine waters, animal gastrointestinal tracts
Taxonomic distribution	Widespread in sulfate-reducing Deltaproteobacteria and Firmicutes

Genetic Organisation

e.g. Desulfovibrio vulgaris (WP_010939204.1):

Architecture

Structures	4KN9 (Desulfomicrobium baculatum, 1.4 Å resolution, active) 4KO1 (Desulfomicrobium baculatum, 1.6 Å resolution, active) 4KO2 (Desulfomicrobium baculatum, 1.6 Å resolution, active) 1CC1 (Desulfomicrobium baculatum, 2.2 Å resolution, active) 4KO3 (Desulfomicrobium baculatum, 1.7 Å resolution, oxidised) 4KO4 (Desulfomicrobium baculatum, 2.0 Å resolution, oxidised) 4KL8 (Desulfomicrobium baculatum, 1.5 Å resolution, oxidised) 3ZEA (Desulfovibrio vulgaris, 1.8 Å resolution, reduced) 3ZE7 (Desulfovibrio vulgaris, 2.0 Å resolution, reduced) 3ZE8 (Desulfovibrio vulgaris, 2.0 Å resolution, reduced) 3ZE9 (Desulfovibrio vulgaris, 1.3 Å resolution, oxidised) 3ZE6 (Desulfovibrio vulgaris, 1.5 Å resolution, oxidised) 2WPN (Desulfovibrio vulgaris, 2.0 Å resolution, oxidised) 5JSK (Desulfovibrio vulgaris, 1.0 Å resolution, reduced) 5JSU (Desulfovibrio vulgaris, 1.4 Å resolution, reduced)
Subunits	3
Subunit description	HysA (hydrogenase large subunit) HysB (hydrogenase small subunit) CycA (cytochrome c₃ subunit)
Catalytic site	[NiFe]-centre or [NiFeSe]-centre
FeS clusters	Proximal: 4Cys[4Fe4S] Medial: 4Cys[4Fe4S] Distal: 3Cys1His[4Fe4S]

Sequences in this class

NCBI Accession	Organism	Hydrogenase Class	Phylum	Order	Activity (Predicted)	Oxygen Tolerance (Predicted)	Subunits (Predicted)	Metal Centres (Predicted)	Accessory Subunits (Predicted)
WP_003493671.1	Clostridium sporogenes	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_004071552.1	Desulfobacter postgatei	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfobacterales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_004072606.1	Desulfobacter postgatei	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfobacterales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_004615979.1	Clostridium papyrosolvens	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_005027974.1	Bilophila wadsworthia	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfovibrionales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_005028324.1	Bilophila wadsworthia	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfovibrionales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_005808602.1	Desulfitobacterium hafniense	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_005811612.1	Desulfitobacterium hafniense	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_005812775.1	Desulfitobacterium hafniense	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_006003971.1	Desulfovibrio piger	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfovibrionales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_007288048.1	Thermosinus carboxydivorans	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Selenomonadales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_007778579.1	Desulfosporosinus youngiae	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_007779707.1	Desulfosporosinus youngiae	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_008909589.1	Caloramator australicus	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_009368189.1	Bilophila sp. 4_1_30	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfovibrionales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_009380431.1	Bilophila sp. 4_1_30	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfovibrionales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_009616484.1	Desulfosporosinus sp. OT	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_010076234.1	Clostridium cellulovorans	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_010233943.1	Clostridium arbusti	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_010244488.1	Acetivibrio cellulolyticus	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_010890826.1	Clostridium acetobutylicum	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_010939204.1	Desulfovibrio vulgaris	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfovibrionales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_011187404.1	Desulfotalea psychrophila	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfobacterales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_011344452.1	Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Thermoanaerobacterales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_011368032.1	Desulfovibrio alaskensis	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfovibrionales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_012032862.1	Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_012959609.1	Bacillus pseudofirmus	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Bacillales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_013011808.1	Denitrovibrio acetiphilus	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deferribacteres	Deferribacterales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_013119172.1	Thermincola potens	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_013119653.1	Thermincola potens	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_013162757.1	Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfobacterales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_013174572.1	Syntrophothermus lipocalidus	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_013217520.1	Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens	[NiFe] Group 1a	Chloroflexi	Dehalogenimonas	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_013218717.1	Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens	[NiFe] Group 1a	Chloroflexi	Dehalogenimonas	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_013272840.1	Clostridium saccharolyticum	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_013755712.1	Thermodesulfobium narugense	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Thermoanaerobacterales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_013885747.1	Flexistipes sinusarabici	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deferribacteres	Deferribacterales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_014116604.1	Oscillibacter valericigenes	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_014182845.1	Desulfosporosinus orientis	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_014183412.1	Desulfosporosinus orientis	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_014254247.1	Clostridium clariflavum	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_014261065.1	Desulfovibrio africanus	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfovibrionales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_014792614.1	Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_014794526.1	Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_014825623.1	Desulfosporosinus acidiphilus	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_014828375.1	Desulfosporosinus acidiphilus	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_014901287.1	Desulfosporosinus meridiei	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_014901856.1	Desulfosporosinus meridiei	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Clostridiales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_014959255.1	Desulfobacula toluolica	[NiFe] Group 1a	Deltaproteobacteria	Desulfobacterales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome
WP_015049787.1	Thermacetogenium phaeum	[NiFe] Group 1a	Firmicutes	Thermoanaerobacterales	Anaerobic Uptake	Sensitive	3	[NiFe]-centre, 3 x [4Fe4S] clusters	Cytochrome

Literature

Genetics:

Calusinska, M., Happe, T., Joris, B., and Wilmotte, A. (2010) The surprising diversity of clostridial hydrogenases: a comparative genomic perspective. Microbiol. 156: 1575-1588.
Greening, C., Biswas, A., Carere, C.R., Jackson, C.J., Taylor, M.C., Stott, M.B., Cook, G.M., and Morales, S.E. (2016) Genomic and metagenomic surveys of hydrogenase distribution indicate H₂ is a widely utilised energy source for microbial growth and survival. ISME J. 10: 761-777.
Menon, N.K., Peck, H.D., Gall, J.L., and Przybyla, A.E. (1987) Cloning and sequencing of the genes encoding the large and small subunits of the periplasmic (NiFeSe) hydrogenase of Desulfovibrio baculatus. J. Bacteriol. 169: 5401-5407.
Valente, F.M., Almeida, C.C., Pacheco, I., Carita, J., Saraiva, L.M., and Pereira, I.A., (2006) Selenium is involved in regulation of periplasmic hydrogenase gene expression in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. J. Bacteriol. 188: 3228-3235.
Voordouw, G., Menon, N.K., LeGall, J., Choi, E.S., Peck, H.D., and Przybyla, A.E. (1989) Analysis and comparison of nucleotide sequences encoding the genes for [NiFe] and [NiFeSe] hydrogenases from Desulfovibrio gigas and Desulfovibrio baculatus. J. Bacteriol. 171: 2894-2899.

Biochemistry:

Badziong, W., Thauer, R.K., and Zeikus, J.G. (1978) Isolation and characterization of Desulfovibrio growing on hydrogen plus sulfate as the sole energy source. Arch. Microbiol. 116: 41-49.
Brandis, A. and Thauer, R.K. (1981) Growth of Desulfovibrio species on hydrogen and sulphate as sole energy source. Microbiol. 126: 249-252.
Caffrey, S.M., Park, H.S., Voordouw, J.K., He, Z., Zhou, J., and Voordouw, G. (2007) Function of periplasmic hydrogenases in the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. J. Bacteriol. 189: 6159-6167.
Chardin, B., Giudici-Orticoni, M.T., De Luca, G., Guigliarelli, B. and Bruschi, M. (2003) Hydrogenases in sulfate-reducing bacteria function as chromium reductase. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 63: 315-321.
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Meyer, B., Kuehl, J.V., Deutschbauer, A.M., Arkin, A.P., and Stahl, D.A. (2013) Flexibility of syntrophic enzyme systems in Desulfovibrio species ensures their adaptation capability to environmental changes. J. Bacteriol. 195: 4900-4914.
Nijenhuis, I. and Zinder, S.H. (2005) Characterization of hydrogenase and reductive dehalogenase activities of Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 1664-1667.
Rohde, M., Fürstenau, U., Mayer, F., Przybyla, A.E., Peck, H.D., Gall, J., Choi, E.S., and Menon, N.K. (1990) Localization of membrane-associated (NiFe) and (NiFeSe) hydrogenases of Desulfovibrio vulgaris using immunoelectron microscopic procedures. Eur. J. Biochem. 191: 389-396.
Valente, F.M., Pereira, P.M., Venceslau, S.S., Regalla, M., Coelho, A.V., and Pereira, I.A. (2007) The [NiFeSe] hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough is a bacterial lipoprotein lacking a typical lipoprotein signal peptide. FEBS Lett. 581: 3341-3344.

Biochemistry:

Baltazar, C.S., Marques, M.C., Soares, C.M., DeLacey, A.M., Pereira, I.A., and Matias, P.M. (2011) Nickel-iron-selenium hydrogenases—an overview. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 7: 948-962.
Berlier, Y., Fauque, G.D., LeGall, J., Choi, E.S., Peck, H.D. and Lespinat, P.A. (1987) Inhibition studies of three classes of Desulfovibrio hydrogenase: application to the further characterization of the multiple hydrogenases found in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2011: 147-153.
Eidsness, M.K., Scott, R.A., Prickril, B.C., DerVartanian, D.V., Legall, J., Moura, I., Moura, J.J., and Peck, H.D. (1989) Evidence for selenocysteine coordination to the active site nickel in the [NiFeSe] hydrogenases from Desulfovibrio baculatus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86: 147-151.
Garcin, E., Vernede, X., Hatchikian, E.C., Volbeda, A., Frey, M., and Fontecilla-Camps, J.C. (1999) The crystal structure of a reduced [NiFeSe] hydrogenase provides an image of the activated catalytic center. Structure 7: 557-566.
Gutiérrez-Sanz, O., Marques, M.C., Baltazar, C.S., Fernández, V.M., Soares, C.M., Pereira, I.A., and De Lacey, A.L. (2013) Influence of the protein structure surrounding the active site on the catalytic activity of [NiFeSe] hydrogenases. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 18: 419-427.
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Marques, M.C., Coelho, R., De Lacey, A.L., Pereira, I.A., and Matias, P.M. (2010. The three-dimensional structure of [NiFeSe] hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: a hydrogenase without a bridging ligand in the active site in its oxidised, "as-isolated" state. J. Mol. Biol. 396: 893-907.
Marques, M.C., Coelho, R., Pereira, I.A., and Matias, P.M. (2013) Redox state-dependent changes in the crystal structure of [NiFeSe] hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 38: 8664-8682.
Marques, M.C., Tapia, C., Gutierrez-Sanz, O., Ramos, A.R., Keller, K.L., Wall, J.D., De Lacey, A.L., Matias, P.M., and Pereira, I.A.C. (2017) The direct role of selenocysteine in [NiFeSe] hydrogenase maturation and catalysis. Nature Chem. Biol. 13: 544-550.
Parkin, A., Goldet, G., Cavazza, C., Fontecilla-Camps, J.C., and Armstrong, F.A. (2008) The difference a Se makes? Oxygen-tolerant hydrogen production by the [NiFeSe]-hydrogenase from Desulfomicrobium baculatum. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130: 13410-13416.
Teixeira, M., Fauque, G., Moura, I., Lespinat, P.A., Berlier, Y., Prickril, B., Peck, H.D., Xavier, A.V., Gall, J., and Moura, J.J. (1987) Nickel-[iron-sulfur]-selenium-containing hydrogenases from Desulfovibrio baculatus (DSM 1743). Eur. J. Biochem. 167: 47-58.
Valente, F.M., Oliveira, A.S.F., Gnadt, N., Pacheco, I., Coelho, A.V., Xavier, A.V., Teixeira, M., Soares, C.M., and Pereira, I.A. (2005) Hydrogenases in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: structural and physiologic characterisation of the membrane-bound [NiFeSe] hydrogenase. J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 10: 667-682.
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Chemistry:

He, S.H., Teixeira, M., LeGall, J., Patil, D.S., Moura, I., Moura, J.J., DerVartanian, D.V., Huynh, B.H., and Peck, H.D. (1989) EPR studies with ⁷⁷Se-enriched (NiFeSe) hydrogenase of Desulfovibrio baculatus. Evidence for a selenium ligand to the active site nickel. J. Biol. Chem. 264: 2678-2682.
Reisner, E., Fontecilla-Camps, J.C., and Armstrong, F.A. (2009) Catalytic electrochemistry of a [NiFeSe]-hydrogenase on TiO₂ and demonstration of its suitability for visible-light driven H₂ production. Chem. Commun. 5: 550-552.
Riethausen, J., Rödiger, O., Gärtner, W., Lubitz, W., and Shafaat, H.S. (2013) Spectroscopic and electrochemical characterization of the [NiFeSe] hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki F: Reversible redox behavior and interactions between electron transfer centers. ChemBioChem 14: 1714-1719.
Stein, M. and Lubitz, W. (2001) The electronic structure of the catalytic intermediate Ni-C in [NiFe] and [NiFeSe] hydrogenases. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 3: 5115-5120.
Wang, C.P., Franco, R., Moura, J.J., Moura, I., and Day, E.P. (1992) The nickel site in active Desulfovibrio baculatus [NiFeSe] hydrogenase is diamagnetic. Multifield saturation magnetization measurement of the spin state of Ni(II). J. Biol. Chem. 267: 7378-7380.