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Accession
GO:0042279
Name
nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
cytochrome c nitrite reductase activity, multiheme nitrite reductase activity, ammonia:ferricytochrome-c oxidoreductase activity, nitrite reductase (cytochrome; ammonia-forming), cytochrome c552 activity
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: NH3 + 2 H2O + 6 ferricytochrome c = nitrite + 6 ferrocytochrome c + 7 H+. Source: EC:1.7.2.2
Comment
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History
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Chem. react.
has participant ammonium
has participant iron(2+)
has participant water
has participant nitrite
has participant hydron
has participant iron(3+)
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Parents of nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity (GO:0042279)
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nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  ammonium (CHEBI:28938)
nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  iron(2+) (CHEBI:29033)
nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  water (CHEBI:15377)
nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity [is_a relation] is_a  nitrite reductase activity (GO:0098809)
nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  nitrite (CHEBI:16301)
nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  hydron (CHEBI:15378)
nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  iron(3+) (CHEBI:29034)
nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity [is_a relation] is_a  oxidoreductase activity, acting on other nitrogenous compounds as donors, cytochrome as acceptor (GO:0016662)

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