Nitrate reductase (cytochrome)

Nitrate reductase (cytochrome)
Identifiers
EC number 1.9.6.1
CAS number 9029-42-9
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Nitrate reductase (cytochrome) (EC 1.9.6.1, respiratory nitrate reductase, benzyl viologen-nitrate reductase) is an enzyme with systematic name ferrocytochrome:nitrate oxidoreductase.[1] This enzyme catalises the following chemical reaction

2 ferrocytochrome + 2 H+ + nitrate 2 ferricytochrome + nitrite

References

  1. Sadana, J.C.; McElroy, W.D. (1957). "Nitrate reductase from Achromobacter fischeri. Purification and properties: function of flavins and cytochrome". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 67: 16–34. doi:10.1016/0003-9861(57)90242-4. PMID 13412117.
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