The nitric oxide reductase activity of cytochrome c nitrite reductase from Escherichia coli

van Wonderen, Jessica H., Burlat, Bénédicte, Richardson, David J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6847-1832, Cheesman, Myles R. and Butt, Julea N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9624-5226 (2008) The nitric oxide reductase activity of cytochrome c nitrite reductase from Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283 (15). pp. 9587-9594. ISSN 1083-351X

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Abstract

Cytochrome c nitrite reductase (NrfA) from Escherichia coli has a well established role in the respiratory reduction of nitrite to ammonium. More recently the observation that anaerobically grown E. coli nrf mutants were more sensitive to NO· than the parent strain led to the proposal that NrfA might also participate in NO· detoxification. Here we describe protein film voltammetry that presents a quantitative description of NrfA NO· reductase activity. NO· reduction is initiated at similar potentials to NrfA-catalyzed reduction of nitrite and hydroxylamine. All three activities are strongly inhibited by cyanide. Together these results suggest a common site for reduction of all three substrates as axial ligands to the lysine-coordinated NrfA heme rather than nonspecific NO· reduction at one of the four His-His coordinated hemes also present in each NrfA subunit. NO· reduction by NrfA is described by a Km of the order of 300 µm. The predicted turnover number of ~840 NO· s–1 is much higher than that of the dedicated respiratory NO· reductases of denitrification and the flavorubredoxin and flavohemoglobin of E. coli that are also proposed to play roles in NO· detoxification. In considering the manner by which anaerobically growing E. coli might detoxify exogenously generated NO· encountered during invasion of a human host it appears that the periplasmically located NrfA should be effective in maintaining low NO· levels such that any NO· reaching the cytoplasm is efficiently removed by flavorubredoxin (Km ~ 0.4 µm).

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Organisms and the Environment Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular Microbiology Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Life Processes Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biophysical Chemistry (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Energy Materials Laboratory Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2010 13:36
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2024 15:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/193
DOI:	10.1074/jbc.M709090200

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