Redox-dependent open and closed forms of the active site of the bacterial respiratory nitric-oxide reductase revealed by cyanide binding studies

Grönberg, Karin L. C., Watmough, Nicholas J., Thomson, Andrew J., Richardson, David J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6847-1832 and Field, Sarah J. (2004) Redox-dependent open and closed forms of the active site of the bacterial respiratory nitric-oxide reductase revealed by cyanide binding studies. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279 (17). pp. 17120-17125. ISSN 0021-9258

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Abstract

The bacterial respiratory nitric-oxide reductase (NOR) catalyzes the respiratory detoxification of nitric oxide in bacteria and Archaea. It is a member of the well known super-family of heme-copper oxidases but has a [heme Fe–non-heme Fe] active site rather than the [heme Fe–CuB] active site normally associated with oxygen reduction. Paracoccus denitrificans NOR is spectrally characterized by a ligand-to-metal charge transfer absorption band at 595 nm, which arises from the high spin ferric heme iron of a μ-oxo-bridged [heme Fe(III)–O–Fe(III)] active site. On reduction of the nonheme iron, the μ-oxo bridge is broken, and the ferric heme iron is hydroxylated or hydrated, depending on the pH. At present, the catalytic cycle of NOR is a matter of much debate, and it is not known to which redox state(s) of the enzyme nitric oxide can bind. This study has used cyanide to probe the nature of the active site in a number of different redox states. Our observations suggest that the μ-oxo-bridged [heme Fe(III)–O–Fe(III)] active site represents a closed or resting state of NOR that can be opened by reduction of the non-heme iron.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular Microbiology Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Organisms and the Environment
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2010 13:37
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2024 10:04
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/744
DOI:	10.1074/jbc.M400824200

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