期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
卷 15, 期 6, 页码 967-976出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00775-010-0658-6
关键词
Nitrous oxide reductase; Catalytic mechanism; Denitrification; Bioelectrochemistry
资金
- FCT (Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia) [PTDC/QUI/64638/2006, SFRH/BD/30414/2006]
- University of Pavia through FAR
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/QUI/64638/2006, SFRH/BD/30414/2006] Funding Source: FCT
The final step of bacterial denitrification, the two-electron reduction of N2O to N-2, is catalyzed by a multi-copper enzyme named nitrous oxide reductase. The catalytic centre of this enzyme is a tetranuclear copper site called CuZ, unique in biological systems. The in vitro reconstruction of the activity requires a slow activation in the presence of the artificial electron donor, reduced methyl viologen, necessary to reduce CuZ from the resting non-active state (1Cu(II)/3Cu(I)) to the fully reduced state (4Cu(I)), in contrast to the turnover cycle, which is very fast. In the present work, the direct reaction of the activated form of Pseudomonas nautica nitrous oxide reductase with stoichiometric amounts of N2O allowed the identification of a new reactive intermediate of the catalytic centre, CuZA degrees, in the turnover cycle, characterized by an intense absorption band at 680 nm. Moreover, the first mediated electrochemical study of Ps. nautica nitrous oxide reductase with its physiological electron donor, cytochrome c-552, was performed. The intermolecular electron transfer was analysed by cyclic voltammetry, under catalytic conditions, and a second-order rate constant of (5.5 +/- A 0.9) x 10(5) M-1 s(-1) was determined. Both the reaction of stoichiometric amounts of substrate and the electrochemical studies show that the active CuZA degrees species, generated in the absence of reductants, can rearrange to the resting non-active CuZ state. In this light, new aspects of the catalytic and activation/inactivation mechanism of the enzyme are discussed.
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