| EC |
1.7.2.2 |
| Accepted name: |
nitrite reductase (cytochrome; ammonia-forming) |
| Reaction: |
NH3 + 2 H2O + 6 ferricytochrome c = nitrite + 6 ferrocytochrome c + 7 H+ |
| Other name(s): |
cytochrome c nitrite reductase; multiheme nitrite reductase |
| Systematic name: |
ammonia:ferricytochrome-c oxidoreductase |
| Comments: |
Found as a multiheme cytochrome in many bacteria. The enzyme from Escherichia coli contains five hemes c and requires Ca2+. It also reduces nitric oxide and hydroxylamine to ammonia, and sulfite to sulfide. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB |
| References: |
| 1. |
Einsle, O., Messerschmidt, A., Stach, P. Bourenkov, G.P., Bartunik, H.D., Huber, R. and Kroneck, P.M.H. Structure of cytochrome c nitrite reductase. Nature 400 (1999) 476–480. [DOI] [PMID: 10440380] |
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