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Protein Film Infrared Electrochemistry Demonstrated for Study of H2 Oxidation by a [NiFe] Hydrogenase
Published on: December 4, 2017
3-nitropropionic acid oxidase from horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa): a novel plant enzyme
C R Hipkin1, M A Salem, D Simpson
1School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, U.K. c.r.hipkin@swansea.ac.uk
Abstract:
A novel enzyme that catalyses the oxygen-dependent oxidation of 3-nitropropionic acid (3NPA) to malonate semialdehyde, nitrate, nitrite and H2O2 has been purified from leaf extracts of the horseshoe vetch, Hippocrepis comosa, and named 3NPA oxidase. The enzyme is a flavoprotein with a subunit molecular mass of 36 kDa containing 1 molecule of FMN and exhibits little specificity for all nitroalkanes tested other than 3NPA (apparent Km 620 microM). The maximum enzyme activity in vitro was expressed at pH4.8 and was inhibited strongly by the products nitrate and nitrite. 3NPA oxidase activity was detected in green shoots, which also contain high concentrations of 3NPA, from plants grown with nitrate, ammonium or N2 as sources of nitrogen. Enzyme activity was absent from roots and cell cultures, neither of which accumulate high levels of 3NPA.
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