Publication Date:
2004-05-08
Description:
A copper-nitrosyl intermediate forms during the catalytic cycle of nitrite reductase, the enzyme that mediates the committed step in bacterial denitrification. The crystal structure of a type 2 copper-nitrosyl complex of nitrite reductase reveals an unprecedented side-on binding mode in which the nitrogen and oxygen atoms are nearly equidistant from the copper cofactor. Comparison of this structure with a refined nitrite-bound crystal structure explains how coordination can change between copper-oxygen and copper-nitrogen during catalysis. The side-on copper-nitrosyl in nitrite reductase expands the possibilities for nitric oxide interactions in copper proteins such as superoxide dismutase and prions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tocheva, Elitza I -- Rosell, Federico I -- Mauk, A Grant -- Murphy, Michael E P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 May 7;304(5672):867-70.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15131305" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Alcaligenes faecalis/enzymology
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Ascorbic Acid/metabolism
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Binding Sites
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Catalysis
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Copper/*metabolism
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Crystallization
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
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Hydrogen Bonding
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Models, Chemical
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Models, Molecular
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Nitric Oxide/*metabolism
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Nitrite Reductases/*chemistry/*metabolism
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Nitrites/*metabolism
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Oxidation-Reduction
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Oxygen/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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