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Table 4 Peak ATP levels in culture supernatant of terminal oxidase mutants of E. coli

From: Release of extracellular ATP by bacteria during growth

Enzyme

Mutant

Growth property

% of the WT level

p, student’s t-test

Cytochrome bd-I oxidase

∆cydB

Defective

1.3 ± 2.2

< 0.05

Cytochrome bd-II oxidase

∆appC

Normal

95.0 ± 2.5

< 0.05

Cytochrome bo oxidase

∆cyoA

Normal

25.0 ± 3.7

< 0.05

 

∆cyoC

Normal

36.6 ± 1.5

< 0.05

 

∆cyoD

Normal

26.1 ± 5.4

< 0.05

  1. Results are the average of three assays with standard deviations.