Anaerobic purification, characterization and preliminary mechanistic study of recombinant nitrous oxide reductase from Achromobacter cycloclastes.
An overexpression system for nitrous oxide reductase (N(2)OR), an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of N(2)O to N(2) and H(2)O, has been developed in Achromobacter cycloclastes. Anaerobically purified A. cycloclastes recombinant N(2)OR (AcN(2)OR) has on average 4.5 Cu and 1.2 S per monomer. Upon reduction by methyl viologen, AcN(2)OR displays a high specific activity: 124 U/mg at 25 degrees C. Anaerobically purified AcN(2)OR displays a unique absorption spectrum. UV-visible and EPR spectra, combined with kinetics studies, indicate that the as-purified form of the enzyme is predominately a mixture of the fully-reduced Cu(Z)=[4Cu(I)] state and the Cu(Z)=[3Cu(I).Cu(II)] state, with the latter readily reducible by reduced forms of viologens. CD spectra of the as-purified AcN(2)OR over a range of pH values reveal perturbations of the protein conformation induced by pH variations, although the principal secondary structure elements are largely unaltered. Further, the activity of AcN(2)OR in D(2)O is significantly decreased compared with that in H(2)O, indicative of a significant solvent isotope effect on N(2)O reduction. These data are in good agreement with conclusions reached in recent studies on the effect of pH on catalysis by N(2)OR [K. Fujita, D.M. Dooley, Inorg. Chem. 46 (2007) 613-615].
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
Koyu
K
Fujita
Jeannine M
JM
Chan
John A
JA
Bollinger
Marcela L
ML
Alvarez
David M
DM
Dooley
D042422:Achromobacter cycloclastes / Q000235:genetics*; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D002384:Catalysis; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003300:Copper; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C022763:nitrous oxide reductase; D009609:Nitrous Oxide