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Accession
GO:0050421
Name
nitrite reductase (NO-forming) activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
NO-forming nitrite reductase (cytochrome) activity, NO-forming nitrite reductase activity, [nitrite reductase (cytochrome)], cytochrome c-551:O2, NO2(+) oxidoreductase activity, cytochrome c-551:O2, NO2+ oxidoreductase activity, nitric-oxide:ferricytochrome-c oxidoreductase activity, nitrite reductase (cytochrome; NO-forming) activity, cd-cytochrome nitrite reductase activity, cytochrome cd activity, cytochrome cd1 activity, methyl viologen-nitrite reductase activity
Alternate IDs
GO:0016666
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: nitric oxide + H2O + ferricytochrome c = nitrite + ferrocytochrome c + 2 H+. Source: MetaCyc:NITRITE-REDUCTASE-CYTOCHROME-RXN, EC:1.7.2.1
Comment
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History
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Chem. react.
has participant nitric oxide
has participant nitrite
has participant iron(2+)
has participant water
has participant hydron
has participant iron(3+)
Subset
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Parents of nitrite reductase (NO-forming) activity (GO:0050421)
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nitrite reductase (NO-forming) activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  nitric oxide (CHEBI:16480)
nitrite reductase (NO-forming) activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  nitrite (CHEBI:16301)
nitrite reductase (NO-forming) activity [is_a relation] is_a  nitrite reductase activity (GO:0098809)
nitrite reductase (NO-forming) activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  iron(2+) (CHEBI:29033)
nitrite reductase (NO-forming) activity [is_a relation] is_a  oxidoreductase activity, acting on other nitrogenous compounds as donors, cytochrome as acceptor (GO:0016662)
nitrite reductase (NO-forming) activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  water (CHEBI:15377)
nitrite reductase (NO-forming) activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  hydron (CHEBI:15378)
nitrite reductase (NO-forming) activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  iron(3+) (CHEBI:29034)

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