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Accession
GO:0008940
Name
nitrate reductase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
nitrate reductase (acceptor), nitrite:(acceptor) oxidoreductase, nitrite:acceptor oxidoreductase, respiratory nitrate reductase activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: nitrite + acceptor = nitrate + reduced acceptor. Source: RHEA:21068
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0008940 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
has participant nitrite
has participant nitrate
has participant hydrogen acceptor
has participant water
has participant hydrogen donor
Subset
None
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Parents of nitrate reductase activity (GO:0008940)
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nitrate reductase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  nitrite (CHEBI:16301)
nitrate reductase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  nitrate (CHEBI:17632)
nitrate reductase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  hydrogen acceptor (CHEBI:13193)
nitrate reductase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  water (CHEBI:15377)
nitrate reductase activity [is_a relation] is_a  oxidoreductase activity, acting on other nitrogenous compounds as donors (GO:0016661)
nitrate reductase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  hydrogen donor (CHEBI:17499)
Children of nitrate reductase activity (GO:0008940)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
nitrate reductase activity involved in anaerobic electron transport chain (GO:1903264) [is_a relation] is_a  nitrate reductase activity
ferredoxin-nitrate reductase activity (GO:0047889) [is_a relation] is_a  nitrate reductase activity
nitrate reductase (cytochrome) activity (GO:0050140) [is_a relation] is_a  nitrate reductase activity
nitrate reductase complex (GO:0009325) [RO:0002215 relation] RO:0002215  nitrate reductase activity
nitrate reductase [NAD(P)H] activity (GO:0050463) [is_a relation] is_a  nitrate reductase activity
RHEA
21068