Affiliation:
1. School of Biological Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UK
2. School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UK
Abstract
AbstractThe ammonia monooxygenase (AMO) is a key enzyme in ammonia‐oxidizing archaea, which are abundant and ubiquitous in soil environments. The AMO belongs to the copper‐containing membrane monooxygenase (CuMMO) enzyme superfamily, which also contains particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO). Enzymes in the CuMMO superfamily are promiscuous, which results in co‐oxidation of alternative substrates. The phylogenetic and structural similarity between the pMMO and the archaeal AMO is well‐established, but there is surprisingly little information on the influence of methane and methanol on the archaeal AMO and terrestrial nitrification. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of methane and methanol on the soil ammonia‐oxidizing archaeon ‘Candidatus Nitrosocosmicus franklandus C13’. We demonstrate that both methane and methanol are competitive inhibitors of the archaeal AMO. The inhibition constants (Ki) for methane and methanol were 2.2 and 20 μM, respectively, concentrations which are environmentally relevant and orders of magnitude lower than those previously reported for ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria. Furthermore, we demonstrate that a specific suite of proteins is upregulated and downregulated in ‘Ca. Nitrosocosmicus franklandus C13’ in the presence of methane or methanol, which provides a foundation for future studies into metabolism of one‐carbon (C1) compounds in ammonia‐oxidizing archaea.
Funder
Earth and Life Systems Alliance
H2020 European Research Council
Leverhulme Trust
Royal Society
Subject
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Microbiology
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