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L-citrulline production from L-arginine by macrophage nitric oxide synthase. The ureido oxygen derives from dioxygen.

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Kwon, N.S., Nathan, C.F., Gilker, C., Griffith, O.W., Matthews, D.E., Stuehr, D.J.·1990·Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Previously proposed mechanisms for the production of L-citrulline from L-arginine by macrophage nitric oxide (NO.) synthase involve either hydrolysis of arginine or hydration of an intermediate and thus predict incorporation of water oxygen into L-citrulline. Macrophage NO. synthase was incubated with L-arginine, NADPH, tetrahydrobiopterin, FAD, and dithiothreitol in H2(18)/16O2. L-Citrulline produced in this reaction was analyzed with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Its mass spectrum matched that of L-citrulline generated in H2(16)O/16O2. The base fragment ion of m/z 99 was shown to contain the ureido carbonyl group by using L-[guanidino-13C]arginine as substrate. When the enzyme reaction was performed in H2(16)O/18O2, the base fragment ion shifted to m/z 101 with L-[guanidino-12C]arginine as the substrate and to m/z 102 with L-[guanidino-13C]arginine. These results indicate that the ureido oxygen of the L-citrulline product of macrophage NO.synthase derives from dioxygen and not from water.

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Authors
Kwon, N. S., Nathan, C. F., Gilker, C., Griffith, O. W., Matthews, D. E., & Stuehr, D. J.
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1990-08
Volume
265
Issue
23
Pages
13442-13445
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
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13.80
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journal article
Language
en
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Kwon, N. S., Nathan, C. F., Gilker, C., Griffith, O. W., Matthews, D. E., & Stuehr, D. J. (1990). L-citrulline production from L-arginine by macrophage nitric oxide synthase. The ureido oxygen derives from dioxygen. Journal of Biological Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9258(18)77366-3

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