Nitrosylation of c heme in cd1-nitrite reductase is enhanced during catalysis |
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| Authors: | Serena Rinaldo,Giorgio GiardinaFrancesca Cutruzzolà |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Biochemical Sciences and Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The reduction of nitrite into nitric oxide (NO) in denitrifying bacteria is catalyzed by nitrite reductase. In several species, this enzyme is a heme-containing protein with one c heme and one d1 heme per monomer (cd1NiR), encoded by the nirS gene. |
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| Keywords: | NO, nitric oxide cd1NiR, cd1 nitrite reductase |
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