Publications

• Enzymes and associated electron transport systems that catalyse the respiratory reduction of nitrogen oxides and oxyanions.

  Berks B.C., Ferguson S.J., Moir J.W., Richardson D.J.

  Biochim Biophys Acta 1232:97-173(1995) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]

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• Structure and function of eukaryotic NAD(P)H:nitrate reductase.

  Campbell W.H.

  Pyridine nucleotide-dependent nitrate reductases (NRs; EC 1.6.6.1-3) are molybdenum-containing enzymes found in eukaryotic organisms which assimilate nitrate. NR is a homodimer with an approximately 100 kDa polypeptide which folds into stable domains housing each of the enzyme's redox cofactors--F ... >> More

  Pyridine nucleotide-dependent nitrate reductases (NRs; EC 1.6.6.1-3) are molybdenum-containing enzymes found in eukaryotic organisms which assimilate nitrate. NR is a homodimer with an approximately 100 kDa polypeptide which folds into stable domains housing each of the enzyme's redox cofactors--FAD, heme-Fe molybdopterin (Mo-MPT) and the electron donor NAD(P)H--and there is also a domain for the dimer interface. NR has two active sites: the nitrate-reducing Mo-containing active site and the pyridine nucleotide active site formed between the FAD and NAD(P)H domains. The major barriers to defining the mechanism of catalysis for NR are obtaining the detailed three-dimensional structures for oxidized and reduced enzyme and more in-depth analysis of electron transfer rates in holo-NR. Recombinant expression of holo-NR and its fragments, including site-directed mutagenesis of key acative site and domain interface residues, are expected to make large contributions to this effort to understand the catalytic mechanism of NR. << Less

  Cell Mol Life Sci 58:194-204(2001) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]

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• Structural basis of eukaryotic nitrate reduction: crystal structures of the nitrate reductase active site.

  Fischer K., Barbier G.G., Hecht H.J., Mendel R.R., Campbell W.H., Schwarz G.

  Nitrate assimilation in autotrophs provides most of the reduced nitrogen on earth. In eukaryotes, reduction of nitrate to nitrite is catalyzed by the molybdenum-containing NAD(P)H:nitrate reductase (NR; EC 1.7.1.1-3). In addition to the molybdenum center, NR contains iron-heme and flavin adenine d ... >> More

  Nitrate assimilation in autotrophs provides most of the reduced nitrogen on earth. In eukaryotes, reduction of nitrate to nitrite is catalyzed by the molybdenum-containing NAD(P)H:nitrate reductase (NR; EC 1.7.1.1-3). In addition to the molybdenum center, NR contains iron-heme and flavin adenine dinucleotide as redox cofactors involved in an internal electron transport chain from NAD(P)H to nitrate. Recombinant, catalytically active Pichia angusta nitrate-reducing, molybdenum-containing fragment (NR-Mo) was expressed in P. pastoris and purified. Crystal structures for NR-Mo were determined at 1.7 and 2.6 angstroms. These structures revealed a unique slot for binding nitrate in the active site and identified key Arg and Trp residues potentially involved in nitrate binding. Dimeric NR-Mo is similar in overall structure to sulfite oxidases, with significant differences in the active site. Sulfate bound in the active site caused conformational changes, as compared with the unbound enzyme. Four ordered water molecules located in close proximity to Mo define a nitrate binding site, a penta-coordinated reaction intermediate, and product release. Because yeast NAD(P)H:NR is representative of the family of eukaryotic NR, we propose a general mechanism for nitrate reduction catalysis. << Less

  Plant Cell 17:1167-1179(2005) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]