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. 2016 Dec 20;113(51):14474-14476.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1617953114. Epub 2016 Dec 13.

Is there a pathway for N2O production from hydroxylamine oxidoreductase in ammonia-oxidizing bacteria?

Corey J White  1   2 , Nicolai Lehnert  3   2
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Is there a pathway for N2O production from hydroxylamine oxidoreductase in ammonia-oxidizing bacteria?

Corey J White et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
PyMOL depiction of the N. europaea cyt P460 active site [Protein Data Bank (PDB) ID code 2JE2, Left] and of the N. europaea HAO heme P460 active site (PDB ID code 4N4N, Right).
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Proposed mechanism of NH2OH oxidation by N. europaea cyt P460. The square brackets indicate that the ferrous product has not been directly observed so far. Reproduced from ref. .
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