Heme-bound nitroxyl, hydroxylamine, and ammonia ligands as intermediates in the reaction cycle of cytochrome c nitrite reductase: A theoretical study

Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-112

  Bykov, Dmytro ^a   Plog, Matthias ^b   Neese, Frank ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c nitrite reductase; Density functional theory; Heme iron enzymes; Proton coupled electron transfer

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; CYTOCHROME C NITRITE REDUCTASE; HEME; HISTIDINE; HYDROXYLAMINE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ISOMER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTON COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION KINETICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AMMONIA; CYTOCHROMES A1; CYTOCHROMES C1; HEME; HYDROXYLAMINE; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; WOLINELLA;

EID: 84891883113     PISSN: 09498257     EISSN: 14321327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00775-013-1065-6     Document Type: Article

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