Biological Nitrogen Removal Database
A manually curated data resource for microbial nitrogen removal
Biological Nitrogen Removal Database
A manually curated data resource for microbial nitrogen removal
| Enzyme name | cytoplasmic NADH-dependent nitrite reductase |
| Synonyms | NADH-dependent nitrite oxidoreductase; NADH-nitrite oxidoreductase; nirBD; nirD; nirB; nitrite reductase; |
| Gene cluster | nirBD |
| Classification | Oxidoreductases |
| Genes | nirB;nirD |
| Pathway | Nitrogen metabolism: DNRA: Nitrite reduction (dissimilatory) |
| Substrate | Nitrite Ferrocytochrome c Hydron |
| Product | Nitrite ;Ferricytochrome c;Hydron |
| Mechanism | Link |
| Subunit | |
| Gene Protein name Organism Status Accession Number (Genbank) Accession Number (GenPept) Accession Number (UniProt) |
nirB Nitrite reductase (NADH) large subunit Escherichia coli (strain K12) Reviewed AP009048 BAE77925.1 P08201 |
| Reference | |
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Decleyre et al., 2015 Dissimilatory nitrogen reduction in intertidal sediments of a temperate estuary: small scale heterogeneity and novel nitrate-to-ammonium reducers |
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Peakman et al., 1990 Nucleotide sequence, organisation and structural analysis of the products of genes in the nirB-cysG region of the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome |
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Wang and Gunsalus. 2000 The nrfA and nirB nitrite reductase operons in Escherichia coli are expressed differently in response to nitrate than to nitrite |
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Tyson et al., 1993 Definition of nitrite and nitrate response elements at the anaerobically inducible Escherichia coli nirB promoter: interactions between FNR and NarL |