Structural highlights
FunctionNARI_ECOLI The nitrate reductase enzyme complex allows E.coli to use nitrate as an electron acceptor during anaerobic growth. The gamma chain is a membrane-embedded heme-iron unit resembling cytochrome b, which transfers electrons from quinones to the beta subunit. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe crystal structure of Escherichia coli nitrate reductase A (NarGHI) in complex with pentachlorophenol has been determined to 2.0 A of resolution. We have shown that pentachlorophenol is a potent inhibitor of quinol:nitrate oxidoreductase activity and that it also perturbs the EPR spectrum of one of the hemes located in the membrane anchoring subunit (NarI). This new structural information together with site-directed mutagenesis data, biochemical analyses, and molecular modeling provide the first molecular characterization of a quinol binding and oxidation site (Q-site) in NarGHI. A possible proton conduction pathway linked to electron transfer reactions has also been defined, providing fundamental atomic details of ubiquinol oxidation by NarGHI at the bacterial membrane. Structural and biochemical characterization of a quinol binding site of Escherichia coli nitrate reductase A.,Bertero MG, Rothery RA, Boroumand N, Palak M, Blasco F, Ginet N, Weiner JH, Strynadka NC J Biol Chem. 2005 Apr 15;280(15):14836-43. Epub 2004 Dec 22. PMID:15615728[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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