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ArticleNature communications2025

Structural insights into the catalytic mechanism of ammonia monooxygenase.

Xiaoyun Yang, Zongqiang Li, Tie-Qiang Mao, Chaofu Ma, Guo-Hao Chen, Hong-Po Dong, Sen-Fang Sui

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Xiaoyun Yang *Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1374-2201
Zongqiang Li *Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China. lizq6@sustech.edu.cn.
Tie-Qiang Mao *State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Chaofu MaDepartment of Chemical Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Guo-Hao ChenState Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Hong-Po DongState Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. hpdong@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4940-2943
Sen-Fang SuiDepartment of Chemical Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China. suisf@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5253-2592

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Abstract

Ammonia monooxygenase (AMO) oxidizes ammonia to hydroxylamine. Limited knowledge of the structural information of AMO hinders our understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying ammonia oxidation, impacting the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing agricultural productivity using ammonium as a nitrogen source. Herein, we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of the AMO complex from an isolated strain of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB). AMO is a cylinder-shaped homotrimeric assembly composed of five subunits. A single-transmembrane protein and a soluble protein are potentially crucial in signal transduction during ammonia oxidation and mediating interactions with the outer membrane protein assembly machinery. Three modeled coppers, along with an adjacent water-mediated hydrogen-bond network, may facilitate an efficient proton transfer pathway from the periplasmic Cu

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AmmoniaBacterial ProteinsOxidoreductasesCatalysisCatalytic DomainCryoelectron MicroscopyModels, MolecularOxidation-ReductionAmmoniaammonia monooxygenaseBacterial ProteinsOxidoreductases

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