| EC |
1.7.99.4 |
| Accepted name: |
nitrate reductase |
| Reaction: |
nitrite + acceptor = nitrate + reduced acceptor |
| Other name(s): |
respiratory nitrate reductase; nitrate reductase (acceptor); nitrite:(acceptor) oxidoreductase |
| Systematic name: |
nitrite:acceptor oxidoreductase |
| Comments: |
The Pseudomonas enzyme is a cytochrome, but the enzyme from Micrococcus halodenitrificans is an iron protein containing molybdenum. Reduced benzyl viologen and other dyes bring about the reduction of nitrate. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, METACYC, PDB, UM-BBD, CAS registry number: 37256-45-4 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Nason, A. Nitrate reductases. In: Boyer, P.D., Lardy, H. and Myrbäck, K. (Eds), The Enzymes, 2nd edn, vol. 7, Academic Press, New York, 1963, pp. 587–607. |
| 2. |
Radcliffe, B.C. and Nicholas, D.J.D. Some properties of a nitrate reductase from Pseudomonas denitrificans. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 205 (1970) 273–287. [PMID: 4316095] |
| 3. |
Rosso, J.-P., Forget, P. and Pichinoty, F. Les nitrate-réductases bactériennes solubilisation, purification et propriétés de l’enzyme A de Micrococcus halodenitrificans. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 321 (1973) 443–455. [PMID: 4762405] |
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