Enzymology of the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by bacteria

A B Hooper; T Vannelli; D J Bergmann; D M Arciero

doi:10.1023/a:1000133919203

Enzymology of the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by bacteria

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 1997 Feb;71(1-2):59-67. doi: 10.1023/a:1000133919203.

Authors

A B Hooper¹, T Vannelli, D J Bergmann, D M Arciero

Affiliation

¹ Graduate Program of Biochemistry, University Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA.

PMID: 9049018
DOI: 10.1023/a:1000133919203

Abstract

The enzymes which catalyze the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by autotrophic bacteria are reviewed. A comparison is made with enzymes which catalyze the same reactions in methylotrophs and organotrophic heterotrophic bacteria.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Ammonia / metabolism*
Anaerobiosis
Bradyrhizobiaceae / enzymology*
Bradyrhizobiaceae / genetics
Electron Transport
Genes, Bacterial
Methane / metabolism
Nitrites / metabolism*
Nitrosomonas / enzymology
Nitrosomonas / genetics
Oxidation-Reduction
Oxidoreductases / metabolism

Substances

Nitrites
Ammonia
Oxidoreductases
hydroxylamine dehydrogenase
ammonia monooxygenase
Methane