title: Redox-triggered events in cytochrome c nitrite reductase.
abstract: Escherichia coli cytochrome c nitrite reductase is a homodimeric enzyme whose 10 heme centres range in reduction potential from ca. -30 to -320 mV. Protein film voltammetry (PFV) was performed to assess how the reactivity of the enzyme towards a number of small molecules was influenced by heme oxidation state. The experimental approach provided a high-resolution description of activity across the electrochemical potential domain by virtue of the fact that the enzyme sample was under the precise potential control of an electrode at all times. The current potential profiles displayed by nitrite reductase revealed that heme oxidation state has a profound, and often unanticipated, effect on the interactions with substrate molecules, nitrite and hydroxylamine, as well as the inhibitor, cyanide. Thus, PFV provides a powerful route to define redox-triggered events in this complex multi-centred redox enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Metalloprotein Spectroscopy and Biology, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Gwyer
authors.forename: Hayley C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Angove
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Julea N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Butt
mesh_terms: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D003486:Cyanides / Q000737:chemistry*; D045263:Cytochromes a1 / Q000032:analysis* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry*; D003575:Cytochromes c1 / Q000032:analysis* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D006418:Heme / Q000737:chemistry*; D019811:Hydroxylamine / Q000737:chemistry*; D009565:Nitrate Reductases / Q000032:analysis* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry*; D009573:Nitrites / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D003486:Cyanides; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D009573:Nitrites; D019811:Hydroxylamine; D006418:Heme; D045263:Cytochromes a1; D003575:Cytochromes c1; D009565:Nitrate Reductases; C054690:nitrate reductase (cytochrome)