A random-sequential mechanism for nitrite binding and active site reduction in copper-containing nitrite reductase.

Wijma, H; Jeuken, L; Verbeet, M; Armstrong, F; Canters, G

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A random-sequential mechanism for nitrite binding and active site reduction in copper-containing nitrite reductase.

Abstract:: The homotrimeric copper-containing nitrite reductase (NiR) contains one type-1 and one type-2 copper center per monomer. Electrons enter through the type-1 site and are shuttled to the type-2 site where nitrite is reduced to nitric oxide. To investigate the catalytic mechanism of NiR the effects of pH and nitrite on the turnover rate in the presence of three different electron donors at saturating concentrations were measured. The activity of NiR was also measured electrochemically by exploiting direct electron transfer to the enzyme immobilized on a graphite rotating disk electrode. In all cases, the steady-state kinetics fitted excellently to a random-sequential mechanism in which electron transfer from the type-1 to the type-2 site is rate-limiting. At low [NO(-)(2)] reduction of the type-2 site precedes nitrite binding, at high [NO(-)(2)] the reverse occurs. Below pH 6.5, the catalytic activity diminished at higher nitrite concentrations, in agreement with electron transfer being slower to the nitrite-bound type-2 site than to the water-bound type-2 site. Above pH 6.5, substrate activation is observed, in agreement with electron transfer to the nitrite-bound type-2 site being faster than electron transfer to the hydroxyl-bound type-2 site. To study the effect of slower electron transfer between the type-1 and type-2 site, NiR M150T was used. It has a type-1 site with a 125-mV higher midpoint potential and a 0.3-eV higher reorganization energy leading to an approximately 50-fold slower intramolecular electron transfer to the type-2 site. The results confirm that NiR employs a random-sequential mechanism.

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Wijma, H., Jeuken, L., Verbeet, M., Armstrong, F., & Canters, G. (2006). A random-sequential mechanism for nitrite binding and active site reduction in copper-containing nitrite reductase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281(24), 16340–16346.

MLA Style

Wijma, H, et al. “A Random-Sequential Mechanism for Nitrite Binding and Active Site Reduction in Copper-Containing Nitrite Reductase.” Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 281, no. 24, 2006, pp. 16340–46.

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Wijma, H, L Jeuken, M Verbeet, F Armstrong, and G Canters. 2006. “A Random-Sequential Mechanism for Nitrite Binding and Active Site Reduction in Copper-Containing Nitrite Reductase.” Journal of Biological Chemistry 281 (24): 16340–46.
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