Nitrate reductase
| nitrate reductase | |||||||||
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structure of nitrate reductase A from E. coli | |||||||||
| 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.