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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 276, Issue 29, 26995-27002, July 20, 2001

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Pre-steady-state Kinetic Analysis of Recombinant Arabidopsis NADH:Nitrate Reductase
RATE-LIMITING PROCESSES IN CATALYSIS^*

Lawrie Skipper, Wilbur H. Campbell^§¶, Jeffrey A. Mertens^§, and David J. Lowe

From the  Biological Chemistry Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom and the ^§ Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931

Recombinant Arabidopsis NADH:nitrate reductase was expressed in Pichia pastoris using fermentation. Large enzyme quantities were purified for pre-steady-state kinetic analysis, which had not been done before with any eukaryotic nitrate reductase. Basic biochemical properties of recombinant nitrate reductase were similar to natural enzyme forms. Molybdenum content was lower than expected, which was compensated for by activity calculation on molybdenum basis. Stopped-flow rapid-scan spectrophotometry showed that the enzyme FAD and heme were rapidly reduced by NADH with and without nitrate present. NADPH reduced FAD at less than one-tenth of NADH rate. Reaction of NADH-reduced enzyme with nitrate yielded rapid initial oxidation of heme with slower oxidation of flavin. Rapid-reaction freeze-quench EPR spectra revealed molybdenum was maintained in a partially reduced state during turnover. Rapid-reaction chemical quench for quantifying nitrite production showed that the rate of nitrate reduction was initially greater than the steady-state rate, but rapidly decreased to near steady-state turnover rate. However, rates of internal electron transfer and nitrate reduction were similar in magnitude with no one step in the catalytic process appearing to be much slower than the others. This leads to the conclusion that the catalytic rate is determined by a combination of rates with no overall rate-limiting individual process.

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