Abstract:Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) − the biological process that activates ammonium with nitrite − is responsible for a significant fraction of N2 production in marine environments. Despite decades of biochemical research, however, no synthetic models capable of anammox have been identified. Here, we report that a copper sulfide mineral replicates the entire biological anammox pathway catalyzed by three metalloenzymes. A copper-nitrosonium (Cu+−NO+) complex formed by nitrite reduction was identified as the… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.