Ammonia monooxygenase

Ammonia monooxygenase
Identifiers
EC number 1.14.99.39
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Ammonia monooxygenase (EC 1.14.99.39, AMO) is an enzyme,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] which catalyses the following chemical reaction

ammonia + AH2 + O2 NH2OH + A + H2O

Ammonia monooxygenase contains copper and possibly nonheme iron.

References

  1. Hyman, M.R.; Page, C.L.; Arp, D.J. (1994). "Oxidation of methyl fluoride and dimethyl ether by ammonia monooxygenase in Nitrosomonas europaea". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60 (8): 3033–3035. PMC 201762Freely accessible. PMID 8085841.
  2. Bergmann, D.J.; Hooper, A.B. (1994). "Sequence of the gene, amoB, for the 43-kDa polypeptide of ammonia monoxygenase of Nitrosomonas europaea". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 204 (2): 759–762. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1994.2524. PMID 7980540.
  3. Holmes, A.J.; Costello, A.; Lidstrom, M.E.; Murrell, J.C. (1995). "Evidence that particulate methane monooxygenase and ammonia monooxygenase may be evolutionarily related". FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 132: 203–208. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07834.x. PMID 7590173.
  4. Zahn, J.A.; Arciero, D.M.; Hooper, A.B.; DiSpirito, A.A. (1996). "Evidence for an iron center in the ammonia monooxygenase from Nitrosomonas europaea". FEBS Lett. 397 (1): 35–38. doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(96)01116-7. PMID 8941709.
  5. Moir, J.W.; Crossman, L.C.; Spiro, S.; Richardson, D.J. (1996). "The purification of ammonia monooxygenase from Paracoccus denitrificans". FEBS Lett. 387 (1): 71–74. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(96)00463-2. PMID 8654570.
  6. Whittaker, M.; Bergmann, D.; Arciero, D.; Hooper, A.B. (2000). "Electron transfer during the oxidation of ammonia by the chemolithotrophic bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1459 (2-3): 346–355. doi:10.1016/s0005-2728(00)00171-7. PMID 11004450.
  7. Arp, D.J.; Sayavedra-Soto, L.A.; Hommes, N.G. (2002). "Molecular biology and biochemistry of ammonia oxidation by Nitrosomonas europaea". Arch. Microbiol. 178: 250–255. doi:10.1007/s00203-002-0452-0. PMID 12209257.
  8. Gilch, S.; Meyer, O.; Schmidt, I. (2009). "A soluble form of ammonia monooxygenase in Nitrosomonas europaea". Biol. Chem. 390 (9): 863–873. doi:10.1515/BC.2009.085. PMID 19453274.
  9. Rasche, M.E.; Hicks, R.E.; Hyman, M.R.; Arp, D.J. (1990). "Oxidation of monohalogenated ethanes and n-chlorinated alkanes by whole cells of Nitrosomonas europaea". J. Bacteriol. 172 (9): 5368–5373. PMC 213201Freely accessible. PMID 2394686.

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