Cytochrome bd is a bacterial respiratory oxidase carrying three hemes but no copper. We show that nitric oxide (NO) reacts with the intermediate F of cytochrome bd from Azotobacter vinelandii: (i) with a 1:1 stoichiometry, (ii) rapidly (k = 1.2 ± 0.1 · 10^5 M-1 s-1 at 20 C), and (iii) yielding the oxidized enzyme with nitrite bound to heme d at the active site. Unexpectedly, the NO reaction mechanism of this catalytic intermediate in the CuB-lacking cytochrome bd appears similar to that of beef heart cytochrome c oxidase, where CuB was proposed to play a key role.
Nitric oxide reacts with the ferryl-oxo catalytic intermediate of the CuB-lacking cytochrome bd terminal oxidase.
2006
Abstract
Cytochrome bd is a bacterial respiratory oxidase carrying three hemes but no copper. We show that nitric oxide (NO) reacts with the intermediate F of cytochrome bd from Azotobacter vinelandii: (i) with a 1:1 stoichiometry, (ii) rapidly (k = 1.2 ± 0.1 · 10^5 M-1 s-1 at 20 C), and (iii) yielding the oxidized enzyme with nitrite bound to heme d at the active site. Unexpectedly, the NO reaction mechanism of this catalytic intermediate in the CuB-lacking cytochrome bd appears similar to that of beef heart cytochrome c oxidase, where CuB was proposed to play a key role.File in questo prodotto:
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