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Nitrate reductase (cytochrome)

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Nitrate reductase (cytochrome)
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EC no.1.9.6.1
CAS no.9029-42-9
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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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