| EC |
1.7.7.2 |
| Accepted name: |
ferredoxin—nitrate reductase |
| Reaction: |
nitrite + H2O + 2 oxidized ferredoxin = nitrate + 2 reduced ferredoxin + 2 H+ |
| Other name(s): |
assimilatory nitrate reductase (ambiguous); nitrate (ferredoxin) reductase; assimilatory ferredoxin-nitrate reductase |
| Systematic name: |
nitrite:ferredoxin oxidoreductase |
| Comments: |
A molybdenum-iron-sulfur protein. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 60382-69-6 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Mikami, B. and Ida, S. Purification and properties of ferrodoxin-nitrate reductase from the cyanobacterium Plectonema borganum. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 791 (1984) 294–304. |
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