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Nitrosomonas europaea cytochrome P460 is a direct link between nitrification and nitrous oxide emission.


ABSTRACT: Ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) are major contributors to the emission of nitrous oxide (N2O). It has been proposed that N2O is produced by reduction of NO. Here, we report that the enzyme cytochrome (cyt) P460 from the AOB Nitrosomonas europaea converts hydroxylamine (NH2OH) quantitatively to N2O under anaerobic conditions. Previous literature reported that this enzyme oxidizes NH2OH to nitrite ([Formula: see text]) under aerobic conditions. Although we observe [Formula: see text] formation under aerobic conditions, its concentration is not stoichiometric with the NH2OH concentration. By contrast, under anaerobic conditions, the enzyme uses 4 oxidizing equivalents (eq) to convert 2 eq of NH2OH to N2O. Enzyme kinetics coupled to UV/visible absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopies support a mechanism in which an FeIII-NH2OH adduct of cyt P460 is oxidized to an {FeNO}6 unit. This species subsequently undergoes nucleophilic attack by a second equivalent of NH2OH, forming the N-N bond of N2O during a bimolecular, rate-determining step. We propose that [Formula: see text] results when nitric oxide (NO) dissociates from the {FeNO}6 intermediate and reacts with dioxygen. Thus, [Formula: see text] is not a direct product of cyt P460 activity. We hypothesize that the cyt P460 oxidation of NH2OH contributes to NO and N2O emissions from nitrifying microorganisms.

SUBMITTER: Caranto JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5187719 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Nitrosomonas europaea cytochrome P460 is a direct link between nitrification and nitrous oxide emission.

Caranto Jonathan D JD   Vilbert Avery C AC   Lancaster Kyle M KM  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20161116 51


Ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) are major contributors to the emission of nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O). It has been proposed that N<sub>2</sub>O is produced by reduction of NO. Here, we report that the enzyme cytochrome (cyt) P460 from the AOB Nitrosomonas europaea converts hydroxylamine (NH<sub>2</sub>OH) quantitatively to N<sub>2</sub>O under anaerobic conditions. Previous literature reported that this enzyme oxidizes NH<sub>2</sub>OH to nitrite ([Formula: see text]) under aerobic condition  ...[more]

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