EC 1 - Oxidoreductases
EC 1.7 - Acting on other nitrogenous compounds as donors
EC 1.7.7 - With an iron-sulfur protein as acceptor
EC 1.7.7.2 - Ferredoxin—nitrate reductase
IntEnz view
ENZYME view
IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 1.7.7.2
Names
Accepted name:
ferredoxin—nitrate reductase
Other
names:
assimilatory ferredoxin-nitrate reductase
assimilatory nitrate reductase [ambiguous]
nitrate (ferredoxin) reductase
assimilatory nitrate reductase [ambiguous]
nitrate (ferredoxin) reductase
Systematic name:
nitrite:ferredoxin oxidoreductase
Reaction
- nitrite + H2O + 2 oxidized ferredoxin = nitrate + 2 reduced ferredoxin + 2 H+
Cofactors
Comments:
A molybdenum-iron-sulfur protein.
Links to other databases
Gene Ontology:
GO:0047889
CAS Registry Number:
60382-69-6
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:
NASA_HALMT
References
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Purification and properties of ferrodoxin-nitrate reductase from the cyanobacterium Plectonema borganum.Biochim. Biophys. Acta 791 : 294-304 (1984).
[EC 1.7.7.2 created 1986]