Biology:Nitrate reductase (cytochrome)

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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 [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] 2 ferricytochrome + nitrite

References

  1. "Nitrate reductase from Achromobacter fischeri; purification and properties: function of flavines and cytochrome". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 67 (1): 16–34. March 1957. doi:10.1016/0003-9861(57)90242-4. PMID 13412117. 

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