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Malkin R. Remembering David B. Knaff (1941-2016). PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2016; 129:1-12. [PMID: 27130553 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-016-0265-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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David Knaff began his scientific career in the Department of Cell Physiology at the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, he worked on chloroplast electron carriers such as the cytochromes and plastocyanin and applied redox potentiometry to characterize these carriers in situ. He moved to Texas Tech University where he made major contributions in the study of ferredoxin-mediated reactions with chloroplast enzymes, most notably nitrite reductase.
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- Richard Malkin
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Luisa B. Maia
- REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento
de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento
de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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Hanke G, Mulo P. Plant type ferredoxins and ferredoxin-dependent metabolism. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2013; 36:1071-1084. [PMID: 23190083 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2012] [Revised: 11/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/20/2012] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Ferredoxin (Fd) is a small [2Fe-2S] cluster-containing protein found in all organisms performing oxygenic photosynthesis. Fd is the first soluble acceptor of electrons on the stromal side of the chloroplast electron transport chain, and as such is pivotal to determining the distribution of these electrons to different metabolic reactions. In chloroplasts, the principle sink for electrons is in the production of NADPH, which is mostly consumed during the assimilation of CO2 . In addition to this primary function in photosynthesis, Fds are also involved in a number of other essential metabolic reactions, including biosynthesis of chlorophyll, phytochrome and fatty acids, several steps in the assimilation of sulphur and nitrogen, as well as redox signalling and maintenance of redox balance via the thioredoxin system and Halliwell-Asada cycle. This makes Fds crucial determinants of the electron transfer between the thylakoid membrane and a variety of soluble enzymes dependent on these electrons. In this article, we will first describe the current knowledge on the structure and function of the various Fd isoforms present in chloroplasts of higher plants and then discuss the processes involved in oxidation of Fd, introducing the corresponding enzymes and discussing what is known about their relative interaction with Fd.
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- Guy Hanke
- Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, DE-49076, Osnabrück, Germany
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Hirasawa M, Tripathy JN, Sommer F, Somasundaram R, Chung JS, Nestander M, Kruthiventi M, Zabet-Moghaddam M, Johnson MK, Merchant SS, Allen JP, Knaff DB. Enzymatic properties of the ferredoxin-dependent nitrite reductase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Evidence for hydroxylamine as a late intermediate in ammonia production. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2010; 103:67-77. [PMID: 20039132 PMCID: PMC2833264 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9512-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2009] [Accepted: 11/26/2009] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The ferredoxin-dependent nitrite reductase from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been cloned, expressed in Escherichia coli as a His-tagged recombinant protein, and purified to homogeneity. The spectra, kinetic properties and substrate-binding parameters of the C. reinhardtii enzyme are quite similar to those of the ferredoxin-dependent spinach chloroplast nitrite reductase. Computer modeling, based on the published structure of spinach nitrite reductase, predicts that the structure of C. reinhardtii nitrite reductase will be similar to that of the spinach enzyme. Chemical modification studies and the ionic-strength dependence of the enzyme's ability to interact with ferredoxin are consistent with the involvement of arginine and lysine residues on C. reinhardtii nitrite reductase in electrostatically-stabilized binding to ferredoxin. The C. reinhardtii enzyme has been used to demonstrate that hydroxylamine can serve as an electron-accepting substrate for the enzyme and that the product of hydroxylamine reduction is ammonia, providing the first experimental evidence for the hypothesis that hydroxylamine, bound to the enzyme, can serve as a late intermediate during the reduction of nitrite to ammonia catalyzed by the enzyme.
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- Masakazu Hirasawa
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 79409-1061, USA
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Hirasawa M, Tripathy JN, Somasundaram R, Johnson MK, Bhalla M, Allen JP, Knaff DB. The interaction of spinach nitrite reductase with ferredoxin: a site-directed mutation study. MOLECULAR PLANT 2009; 2:407-15. [PMID: 19825625 PMCID: PMC2902899 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssn098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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A series of site-directed mutants of the ferredoxin-dependent spinach nitrite reductase has been characterized and several amino acids have been identified that appear to be involved in the interaction of the enzyme with ferredoxin. In a complementary study, binding constants to nitrite reductase and steady-state kinetic parameters of site-directed mutants of ferredoxin were determined in an attempt to identify ferredoxin amino acids involved in the interaction with nitrite reductase. The results have been interpreted in terms of an in-silico docking model for the 1:1 complex of ferredoxin with nitrite reductase.
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- Masakazu Hirasawa
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, USA
- Institute for Biotechnology and Genomics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail
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Sétif P, Hirasawa M, Cassan N, Lagoutte B, Tripathy JN, Knaff DB. New Insights into the Catalytic Cycle of Plant Nitrite Reductase. Electron Transfer Kinetics and Charge Storage. Biochemistry 2009; 48:2828-38. [DOI: 10.1021/bi802096f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Pierre Sétif
- CEA, iBiTecS, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France, CNRS, URA 2096, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061
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- CEA, iBiTecS, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France, CNRS, URA 2096, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061
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- CEA, iBiTecS, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France, CNRS, URA 2096, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061
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- CEA, iBiTecS, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France, CNRS, URA 2096, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061
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- CEA, iBiTecS, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France, CNRS, URA 2096, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061
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- CEA, iBiTecS, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France, CNRS, URA 2096, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1061
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Tripathy JN, Hirasawa M, Kim SK, Setterdahl AT, Allen JP, Knaff DB. The role of tryptophan in the ferredoxin-dependent nitrite reductase of spinach. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2007; 94:1-12. [PMID: 17611813 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-007-9198-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2007] [Accepted: 05/15/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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A system has been developed for expressing a His-tagged form of the ferredoxin-dependent nitrite reductase of spinach in Escherichia coli. The catalytic and spectral properties of the His-tagged, recombinant enzyme are similar, but not identical, to those previously observed for nitrite reductase isolated directly from spinach leaf. A detailed comparison of the spectral, catalytic and fluorescence properties of nitrite reductase variants, in which each of the enzyme's eight tryptophan residues has been replaced using site-directed mutagenesis by either aromatic or non-aromatic amino acids, has been used to examine possible roles for tryptophan residues in the reduction of nitrite to ammonia catalyzed by the enzyme.
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- Jatindra N Tripathy
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, 1 Circle Drive, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, USA
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Kuznetsova S, Knaff DB, Hirasawa M, Sétif P, Mattioli TA. Reactions of spinach nitrite reductase with its substrate, nitrite, and a putative intermediate, hydroxylamine. Biochemistry 2004; 43:10765-74. [PMID: 15311938 DOI: 10.1021/bi048826r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Plant nitrite reductase (NiR) catalyzes the reduction of nitrite (NO(2)(-)) to ammonia, using reduced ferredoxin as the electron donor. NiR contains a [4Fe-4S] cluster and an Fe-siroheme, which is the nitrite binding site. In the enzyme's as-isolated form ([4Fe-4S](2+)/Fe(3+)), resonance Raman spectroscopy indicated that the siroheme is in the high-spin ferric hexacoordinated state with a weak sixth axial ligand. Kinetic and spectroscopic experiments showed that the reaction of NiR with NO(2)(-) results in an unexpectedly EPR-silent complex formed in a single step with a rate constant of 0.45 +/- 0.01 s(-)(1). This binding rate is slow compared to that expected from the NiR turnover rates reported in the literature, suggesting that binding of NO(2)(-) to the as-isolated form of NiR is not the predominant type of substrate binding during enzyme turnover. Resonance Raman spectroscopic characterization of this complex indicated that (i) the siroheme iron is low-spin hexacoordinated ferric, (ii) the ligand coordination is unusually heterogeneous, and (iii) the ligand is not nitric oxide, most likely NO(2)(-). The reaction of oxidized NiR with hydroxylamine (NH(2)OH), a putative intermediate, results in a ferrous siroheme-NO complex that is spectroscopically identical to the one observed during NiR turnover. Resonance Raman and absorption spectroscopy data show that the reaction of oxidized NiR ([4Fe-4S](2+)/Fe(3+)) with hydroxylamine is binding-limited, while the NH(2)OH conversion to nitric oxide is much faster.
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- Sofya Kuznetsova
- Service de Bioénergétique and CNRS URA 2096, Département de Biologie Joliot Curie, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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Hirasawa M, Nakayama M, Hase T, Knaff DB. Oxidation-reduction properties of maize ferredoxin:sulfite oxidoreductase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2004; 1608:140-8. [PMID: 14871491 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2003.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2003] [Revised: 10/22/2003] [Accepted: 11/14/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Oxidation-reduction titrations have been carried out on the wild-type, ferredoxin-dependent sulfite reductase from maize and two site-specific variants of the enzyme. E(m) values have been determined for the siroheme and [4Fe-4S] cluster prosthetic groups of the enzyme, which titrate as independent, one-electron carriers. Visible-region difference spectra suggest that reduction of the [4Fe-4S] cluster significantly perturbs the spectrum of the reduced siroheme group of the enzyme. The effects of siroheme axial ligation, by either cyanide or phosphate ligands, on the redox properties of sulfite reductase have also been examined. For comparison, the effects of phosphate and cyanide on the redox properties of the ferredoxin-dependent nitrite reductase of spinach chloroplasts, an enzyme with the same prosthetic group arrangement as sulfite reductase, have been examined.
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- Masakazu Hirasawa
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, 417 Chemistry Bldg., 1 Circle Drive, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, USA
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Kuznetsova S, Knaff DB, Hirasawa M, Lagoutte B, Sétif P. Mechanism of Spinach Chloroplast Ferredoxin-Dependent Nitrite Reductase: Spectroscopic Evidence for Intermediate States. Biochemistry 2003; 43:510-7. [PMID: 14717606 DOI: 10.1021/bi035662q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nitrite reductases found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria catalyze the six-electron reduction of nitrite to ammonia with reduced ferredoxin serving as the electron donor. They contain one siroheme and one [4Fe-4S] cluster, acting as separate one-electron carriers. Nitrite is thought to bind to the siroheme and to remain bound until its complete reduction to ammonia. In the present work the enzyme catalytic cycle, with ferredoxin reduced by photosystem 1 as an electron donor, has been studied by EPR and laser flash absorption spectroscopy. Substrate depletion during enzyme turnover, driven by a series of laser flashes, has been demonstrated. A complex of ferrous siroheme with NO, formed by two-electron reduction of the enzyme complex with nitrite, has been shown to be an intermediate in the enzyme catalytic cycle. The same complex can be formed by incubation of free oxidized nitrite reductase with an excess of nitrite and ascorbate. Hydroxylamine, another putative intermediate in the reduction of nitrite catalyzed by nitrite reductase, was found to react with oxidized nitrite reductase to produce the same ferrous siroheme-NO complex, with a characteristic formation time of about 13 min. The rate-limiting step for this reaction is probably hydroxylamine binding to the enzyme, with the conversion of hydroxylamine to NO at the enzyme active site likely being much faster.
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- Sofya Kuznetsova
- Service de Bioénergétique and CNRS URA 2096, Département de Biologie Joliot Curie, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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The role of tryptophan in the reaction catalyzed by spinach ferredoxin-dependent nitrite reductase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(94)90169-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hirasawa M, Tollin G, Salamon Z, Knaff DB. Transient kinetic and oxidation-reduction studies of spinach ferredoxin:nitrite oxidoreductase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1185:336-45. [PMID: 8180238 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(94)90249-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The oxidation-reduction midpoint potentials for the two prosthetic groups of the chloroplast-located, ferredoxin-dependent nitrite reductase of spinach leaves have been determined by spectroelectrochemical titrations and cyclic voltammetry. The average of the results obtained by the two techniques are Em = -290 mV for the siroheme group and Em = -365 mV for the [4Fe-4S] cluster. The value obtained for the [4Fe-4S] cluster is substantially more positive than values obtained previously in experiments which utilized electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures to monitor the reduction state of the cluster. Laser flash photolysis experiments have been used to monitor electron transfer from reduced ferredoxin to nitrite reductase and have provided the first evidence for electron transfer between the two prosthetic groups of the enzyme. The effect of ionic strength on the observed kinetics has provided support for the proposal that electrostatic interactions between ferredoxin and nitrite reductase play an important role in the reaction mechanism.
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- M Hirasawa
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409-1061
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Hilliard NP, Hirasawa M, Knaff DB, Shaw RW. A reexamination of the properties of spinach nitrite reductase: protein and siroheme content heterogeneity in purified preparations. Arch Biochem Biophys 1991; 291:195-9. [PMID: 1929431 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(91)90123-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Recent preparations of nitrite reductase do not display the heterodimeric quaternary structure obtained previously (total molecular weight 85,000; subunit molecular weights 24,000 and 61,000), but rather yield only the 61,000 molecular weight subunit, even when buffers containing the protease inhibitor phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride are used. Nevertheless, such preparations retain the high ratio of ferredoxin-linked to methyl viologen-linked enzyme activity which has been previously taken as a characteristic of only the heterodimeric form. These preparations display a siroheme prosthetic group to protein ratio of 1.1. When nitrite reductase samples are frozen during the purification scheme, even though the ferredoxin-linked specific activity does not significantly decrease, enzyme activity-stained native gel electrophoresis of the subsequently purified protein reveals that gels with several bands of activity can be obtained. Further evidence of protein heterogeneity in these preparations comes from N-terminal amino acid analysis which reveals that even nonfrozen preparations contain two major peptides with valine and cysteine as the N-termini. Formation of complexes of purified nitrite reductase with ferredoxin resulted in siroheme difference electronic spectra which resembled those observed previously for monomeric preparations. However, the siroheme midpoint potential of recent preparations of nitrite reductase (-287 mV) is close to that of the heterodimeric preparations. Ultrafiltration studies of crude extracts of the enzyme indicate that, at least at certain stages of the preparation, higher molecular weight forms of the enzyme may exist. We conclude that the 24,000 molecular weight polypeptide is a contaminant and that the heterodimeric quaternary structure model for spinach nitrite reductase is incorrect. Furthermore, the monomeric preparations we do obtain display both significant protein heterogeneity and facile loss of siroheme upon gel filtration.
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- N P Hilliard
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409-1061
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Knaff DB, Hirasawa M. Ferredoxin-dependent chloroplast enzymes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1056:93-125. [PMID: 1671559 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(05)80277-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- D B Knaff
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409-1061
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Arizmendi JM, Serra JL. Purification and some properties of the nitrite reductase from the cyanobacterium Phormidium laminosum. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1040:237-44. [PMID: 2119228 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(90)90082-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Assimilatory ferredoxin-nitrite reductase (EC 1.7.7.1, ammonia: ferredoxin oxidoreductase) has been purified 5300-fold with a specific activity of 625 units/mg protein from the filamentous non-heterocystous cyanobacterium Phormidium laminosum. The enzyme was soluble and consisted of a single polypeptidic chain of 54 kDa. It catalyzed the reduction of nitrite to ammonia using ferredoxin or flavodoxin as electron donor. Methyl and benzyl viologens were also effective as electron donors but neither flavins nor NAD(P)H were. The apparent Michaelis constants for nitrite, ferredoxin and methyl viologen were 40, 22 and 215 microM, respectively. Nitrite reductase activity was inhibited effectively by cyanide and thiol reagents. The enzyme exhibited absorption maxima at 281, 391 (Soret), 570 (alpha) and 695 nm, with epsilon 391 of 4.3 x 10(4) M-1 cm-1, and an absorbance ratio A281/A391 of 1.95, suggesting the presence of siroheme as prosthetic group. These results show that this enzyme is similar to those of eukaryotic organisms.
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- J M Arizmendi
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain
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Nitrate Reductase and Nitrite Reductase. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-461013-2.50021-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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Romero LC, Borrero JA, Galvan F, Vega JM. Prosthetic components and essential groups for activity in ferredoxin-nitrite reductase from chlamydomonas reinhardtII. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/0304-5102(89)80235-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hirasawa M, Gray KA, Sung JD, Knaff DB. Spinach nitrite reductase: subunit composition and siroheme redox potential. Arch Biochem Biophys 1989; 275:1-10. [PMID: 2817891 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(89)90342-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The molecular weight of the spinach chloroplast, ferredoxin-dependent enzyme ferredoxin:nitrite oxidoreductase (EC 1.7.7.1) was shown to be 85,000 using gel filtration chromatography under nondenaturing conditions. In the presence of denaturants, either gel filtration chromatography or gel electrophoresis separated the enzyme into two subunits, with molecular weights of 61,000 and 24,000, respectively. Oxidation-reduction titrations of the siroheme prosthetic group of the putative native form (Mr 85,000) of the enzyme yielded a midpoint potential value of -305 mV, a value considerably more negative than the value of -30 mV obtained for siroheme in a modified, Mr 61,000 form of the enzyme.
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- M Hirasawa
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409-1061
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