Biological Nitrogen Removal Database
A manually curated data resource for microbial nitrogen removal
Biological Nitrogen Removal Database
A manually curated data resource for microbial nitrogen removal
| Enzyme name | Ammonia monooxygenase (AMO) |
| Synonyms | AMO; HAO; Copper-containing membrane-bound monooxygenase; Ammonia monoxygenase; amoA; AmoB; Ammonia,donor:oxygen oxidoreductase (hydroxylamine-producing) |
| Gene cluster | amoCABD |
| Classification | Oxidoreductases |
| Genes | amoA;amoB;amoC |
| Pathway | Nitrogen metabolism: Nitrification: Ammonia oxidation |
| Substrate | Ammonia (NH3) Reduced acceptor Oxygen (O2) |
| Product | Hydroxylamine (NH2OH) Acceptor Water (H2O) |
| Mechanism | Link |
| Subunit | |
| Gene Protein name Organism Status Accession Number (Genbank) Accession Number (GenPept) Accession Number (UniProt) |
amoA Ammonia monooxygenase alpha subunit Candidatus Nitrospira inopinata Unreviewed LN885086.1 CUQ66826 A0A0S4KUL9 |
| Gene Protein name Organism Status Accession Number (Genbank) Accession Number (GenPept) Accession Number (UniProt) |
amoB Ammonia monooxygenase beta subunit Candidatus Nitrospira inopinata Unreviewed LN885086.1 CUQ66827 A0A0S4KWM9 |
| Gene Protein name Organism Status Accession Number (Genbank) Accession Number (GenPept) Accession Number (UniProt) |
amoC Ammonia monooxygenase, subunit C Candidatus Nitrospira inopinata Unreviewed LN885086.1 CUQ66825 A0A0S4KU20 |
| Gene Protein name Organism Status Accession Number (Genbank) Accession Number (GenPept) Accession Number (UniProt) |
amoD Ammonia monooxigenase subunit D Chromatiaceae bacterium RW Unreviewed LR778175 CAB1276647.1 A0A7G1QAF8 |
| Reference | |
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Daims et al., 2015 Complete nitrification by Nitrospira bacteria |
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van Kessel et al., 2015 Complete nitrification by a single microorganism |
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Santoro. 2016 The do-it-all nitrifier |
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Versantvoort et al., 2020 Multiheme hydroxylamine oxidoreductases produce NO during ammonia oxidation in methanotrophs |
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Camejo et al., 2017 Genome-Enabled Insights into the Ecophysiology of the Comammox Bacterium “Candidatus Nitrospira nitrosa” |
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Sheikh et al., 2008 Characterization of two new genes, amoR and amoD, in the amo operon of the marine ammonia oxidizer Nitrosococcus oceani ATCC 19707 |
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Alzerreca et al., 1999 The amo operon in marine, ammonia-oxidizing gamma-proteobacteria |
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Soto et al., 1998 Transcription of the amoC, amoA and amoB genes in Nitrosomonas europaea and Nitrosospira sp. NpAV |