| Nitrate reductase (cytochrome) | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 1.9.6.1 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 9029-42-9 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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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 2 ferricytochrome + nitrite
