The reaction is catalysed by two types of enzymes, found in the perimplasm of denitrifying bacteria. One type comprises proteins containing multiple copper centres, the other a heme protein, cytochrome cd1. Acceptors include c-type cytochromes such as cytochrome c-550 or cytochrome c-551 from Paracoccus denitrificans or Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and small blue copper proteins such as azurin and pseudoazurin. Cytochrome cd1 also has oxidase and hydroxylamine reductase activities. May also catalyse the reaction of hydroxylamine reductase (EC 1.7.99.1) since this is a well-known activity of cytochrome cd1.
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SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
nitric-oxide:ferricytochrome-c oxidoreductase
The reaction is catalysed by two types of enzymes, found in the perimplasm of denitrifying bacteria. One type comprises proteins containing multiple copper centres, the other a heme protein, cytochrome cd1. Acceptors include c-type cytochromes such as cytochrome c-550 or cytochrome c-551 from Paracoccus denitrificans or Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and small blue copper proteins such as azurin and pseudoazurin. Cytochrome cd1 also has oxidase and hydroxylamine reductase activities. May also catalyse the reaction of hydroxylamine reductase (EC 1.7.99.1) since this is a well-known activity of cytochrome cd1.
activity is associated with histidine/methionine coordination at heme c, and the cytochrome cd1 is activated by exposure to its physiological substrate without the necessity of passing through the reduced state, reactivity toward nitrite is also observed for oxidized cytochrome cd1 from Pseudomonas stutzeri suggesting a more general involvement of the EPR-silent FeIII heme d1 species in nitrite reduction
activity is associated with histidine/methionine coordination at heme c, and the cytochrome cd1 is activated by exposure to its physiological substrate without the necessity of passing through the reduced state, reactivity toward nitrite is also observed for oxidized cytochrome cd1 from Pseudomonas stutzeri suggesting a more general involvement of the EPR-silent FeIII heme d1 species in nitrite reduction
cytochromes cd1 are dimeric bacterial nitrite reductases, which contain two hemes per monomer. Heme c, which transfers electrons from donor proteins into the active site, has two histidine ligands in the oxidized enzyme from Paracoccus pantotrophus. During reduction of this enzyme, Tyr25 dissociates from the distal side of heme d1, and one heme c ligand is replaced by methionine. Spectral analysis, overview
Kinetics of nirS expression (cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase) in Pseudomonas stutzeri during the transition from aerobic respiration to denitrification: evidence for a denitrification-specific nitrate- and nitrite-responsive regulatory system
Activation of the cytochrome cd1 nitrite reductase from Paracoccus pantotrophus. Reaction of oxidized enzyme with substrate drives a ligand switch at heme c