| nitrate reductase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 1.7.99.4 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 9013-03-0 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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| Molybdopterin oxidoreductase (nitrate reductase alpha subunit) | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | Molybdopterin | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF00384 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR006656 | ||||||||
| PROSITE | PDOC00392 | ||||||||
| SCOP2 | 1cxs / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
| OPM superfamily | 3 | ||||||||
| OPM protein | 1kqf | ||||||||
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| 4Fe-4S dicluster domain (nitrate reductase beta subunit) | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | Fer4_11 | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF13247 | ||||||||
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| Nitrate reductase gamma subunit | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | Nitrate_red_gam | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF02665 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR003816 | ||||||||
| SCOP2 | 1q16 / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
| TCDB | 5.A.3 | ||||||||
| OPM superfamily | 3 | ||||||||
| OPM protein | 1q16 | ||||||||
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| Nitrate reductase delta subunit | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | Nitrate_red_del | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF02613 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR003765 | ||||||||
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| Nitrate reductase cytochrome c-type subunit (NapB) | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | NapB | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF03892 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR005591 | ||||||||
| SCOP2 | 1jni / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
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| Periplasmic nitrate reductase protein NapE | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | NapE | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF06796 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR010649 | ||||||||
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Nitrate reductases are molybdoenzymes that reduce nitrate (NO−
3) to nitrite (NO−
2). This reaction is critical for the production of protein in most crop plants, as nitrate is the predominant source of nitrogen in fertilized soils.[2]
- ^ PDB: 1Q16; Bertero MG, Rothery RA, Palak M, Hou C, Lim D, Blasco F, Weiner JH, Strynadka NC (September 2003). "Insights into the respiratory electron transfer pathway from the structure of nitrate reductase A". Nature Structural Biology. 10 (9): 681–7. doi:10.1038/nsb969. PMID 12910261. S2CID 33272416.
- ^ Marschner, Petra, ed. (2012). Marschner's mineral nutrition of higher plants (3rd ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press. p. 135. ISBN 9780123849052.