Enzymology of the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by bacteria.
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.
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Graduate Program of Biochemistry, University Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA.
Vannelli
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Bergmann
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Arciero
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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
D009573:Nitrites; D000641:Ammonia; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C021401:hydroxylamine dehydrogenase; C045582:ammonia monooxygenase; D008697:Methane