Sulfur: oxygen oxidoreductase

The metabolism of 2-methylquinoline in Arthrobacter sp. strain Rii 61a is comparable, with introduction of oxygen at C4 (Hund et al. 1990). The enzymes (oxidoreductases) that introduce oxygen into the azaarene rings in Rhodococcus sp. strain Bl, Arthrobacter sp. strain Rii61a, and Pseudomonas putida strain 86 are virtually identical and, like those already noted have molecular masses of 300-320 kDa and contain Mo, Fe, FAD, and acid-labile sulfur (De Beyer and Lingens... 

Both groups of reactions are found in bacteria (14), all higher animals (i5), and plants (16) however, oxidative phosphorylation is responsible for 90 % of the oxygen consumed (i 7). Oxidative phosphorylation is driven by the respiratory electron-transport system that is embedded in the lipoprotein inner membrane of eukaryotic mitochondria and in the cell membrane of prokaryotes. It consists of four complexes (Scheme I). The first is composed of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) oxidase, flavin mononucleotide (FMN), and nonheme iron-sulfur proteins 18,19), and it transfers electrons from NADH to ubiquinone. The second is composed of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), and nonheme iron-sulfur proteins (20), and it transfers electrons from succinate to ubiquinone 21, 22). The third is composed of cytochromes b and c, and nonheme iron-sulfur proteins (23), and it transfers electrons from ubiquinone (UQ) to cytochrome c 24). The fourth complex consists of cytochrome c oxidase [ferrocytochrome c 0 oxidoreductase EC 1.9.3.1 25)] which transfers electrons from cytochrome c to O2 26, 27). 

Enoate reductases (EC 1.3.1.31) are flavin-dependent and iron-sulfur-contain-ing proteins found among others in Clostridium species. Members of this NADHrflavin oxidoreductase/NADH oxidase family are distinguished from other ERs due to their high stereospecificity and strict regioselectivity for the reduction of double bonds of monoacids and monoesters, as well as reducing classical substrates such as a,p-unsaturated aldehydes, cyclic ketones, and methyl ketones. However, these enzymes are extremely oxygen sensitive, so they have not been employed in biocatalysis so far [2,3]. 

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