Enzymatic removal of nitric oxide catalyzed by cytochrome c' in rhodobacter capsulatus

Cross, R., Lloyd, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5656-0571, Poole, R. K. and Moir, J. W. B. 2001. Enzymatic removal of nitric oxide catalyzed by cytochrome c' in rhodobacter capsulatus. Journal of Bacteriology 183 (10) , pp. 3050-3054. 10.1128/JB.183.10.3050-3054.2001

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Abstract

Cytochrome c′ from Rhodobacter capsulatushas been shown to confer resistance to nitric oxide (NO). In this study, we demonstrated that the amount of cytochrome c′ synthesized for buffering of NO is insufficient to account for the resistance to NO but that the cytochrome-dependent resistance mechanism involves the catalytic breakdown of NO, under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Even under aerobic conditions, the NO removal is independent of molecular oxygen, suggesting cytochrome c′ is a NO reductase. Indeed, we have measured the product of NO breakdown to be nitrous oxide (N2O), thus showing that cytochromec′ is behaving as a NO reductase. The increased resistance to NO conferred by cytochrome c′ is distinct from the NO reductase pathway that is involved in denitrification. Cytochromec′ is not required for denitrification, but it has a role in the removal of externally supplied NO. Cytochrome c′ synthesis occurs aerobically and anaerobically but is partly repressed under denitrifying growth conditions when other NO removal systems are operative. The inhibition of respiratory oxidase activity of R. capsulatus by NO suggests that one role for cytochromec′ is to maintain oxidase activity when both NO and O2 are present.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
ISSN:	0021-9193
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 08:34
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/62702

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