EC 1 - Oxidoreductases
EC 1.7 - Acting on other nitrogenous compounds as donors
EC 1.7.1 - With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
EC 1.7.1.1 - Nitrate reductase (NADH)
IntEnz view
ENZYME view
IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 1.7.1.1
Names
Accepted name:
nitrate reductase (NADH)
Other
names:
NADH-dependent nitrate reductase
NADH-nitrate reductase
assimilatory NADH:nitrate reductase
assimilatory nitrate reductase [ambiguous]
nitrate reductase (NADH2)
NADH:nitrate oxidoreductase
NADH-nitrate reductase
assimilatory NADH:nitrate reductase
assimilatory nitrate reductase [ambiguous]
nitrate reductase (NADH2)
NADH:nitrate oxidoreductase
Systematic name:
nitrite:NAD+ oxidoreductase
Reaction
- nitrite + NAD+ + H2O = nitrate + NADH + H+
Cofactors
Comments:
An iron-sulfur molybdenum flavoprotein.
Links to other databases
Protein domains and families:
PROSITE:PDOC00170
,
PROSITE:PDOC00484
Gene Ontology:
GO:0009703
CAS Registry Number:
9013-03-0
References
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Nitrate reductase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Biochim. Biophys. Acta 49 : 335-349 (1961).
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Nitrate reductases.In: Boyer, P.D., Lardy, H. and Myrbäck, K. (Eds.) The Enzymes , 2nd ed. vol. 7 , Academic Press , New York , 1963 , 587-607
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Diphosphopyridine nucleotide-nitrate reductase from Escherichia coli.J. Bacteriol. 69 : 580-583 (1955).
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A reduced diphosphopyridine-specific nitrate reductase from germinating wheat.Aust. J. Biol. Sci. 12 : 181-189 (1959).
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Enzymes and associated electron transport systems that catalyse the respiratory reduction of nitrogen oxides and oxyanions.Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1232 : 97-173 (1995). [PMID: 8534676]
[EC 1.7.1.1 created 1961 as EC 1.6.6.1, transferred 2002 to EC 1.7.1.1]