In Vivo Production of Active Nickel Superoxide Dismutase from Prochlorococcus marinus MIT9313 Is Dependent on Its Cognate Peptidase

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Metal-dependent superoxide dismutases (SODs) with a specific requirement for a manganese or iron ion for catalytic activity and copper- and zinc-dependent enzymes are essential for detoxification of superoxide anion radicals. Genome sequence analyses predict the existence of a nickel-dependent enzyme (NiSOD) as the unique SOD in oxygen-evolving marine cyanobacteria. NiSOD activity was observed in Escherichia coli when sodN and sodX (encoding a putative peptidase) from Prochlorococcus marinus MIT9313 were coexpressed.