title: Enzymology of the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by bacteria.
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.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program of Biochemistry, University Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Hooper
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vannelli
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Bergmann
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Arciero
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000378:metabolism*; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D041841:Bradyrhizobiaceae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D004579:Electron Transport; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008697:Methane / Q000378:metabolism; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism*; D009606:Nitrosomonas / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009573:Nitrites; D000641:Ammonia; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C021401:hydroxylamine dehydrogenase; C045582:ammonia monooxygenase; D008697:Methane