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 | Nitrite reductase (NO-forming) |
| Synonyms | Dissimilatory nitrite reductase; Copper-containing dissimilatory nitrite reductase; Copper-containing nitrite reductase; Cu-NirK; Cu-NIR; Cu-NirK; Nitrite reductase; nirK; Periplasmic nitrite reductase; |
| Gene cluster | nirK |
| Classification | Oxidoreductases |
| Genes | nirK |
| Pathway | Nitrogen metabolism: DNRA: Nitrite reduction (dissimilatory) |
| Substrate | Nitrite Ferrocytochrome c Hydron |
| Product | Nitric oxide;Ferricytochrome C;Hydron |
| Mechanism | Link |
| Subunit | |
| Gene Protein name Organism Status Accession Number (Genbank) Accession Number (GenPept) Accession Number (UniProt) |
nirK copper-containing nitrite reductase Uncultured fungus clone F1R1-4 Unreviewed KT462528 ALD10255.1 A0A1C8DSQ5 |
| Reference | |
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Novinscak et al., 2016 Detection and Diversity of Fungal Nitric Oxide Reductase Genes (p450nor) in Agricultural Soils |
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Novinscak et al., 2016 Novel P450nor Gene Detection Assay Used To Characterize the Prevalence and Diversity of Soil Fungal Denitrifiers |
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Chen et al., 2016 Detection of N 2 O-producing fungi in environment using nitrite reductase gene (nirK)-targeting primers |
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Kim et al., 2009 Eukaryotic nirK genes encoding copper-containing nitrite reductase: originating from the protomitochondrion? |
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Kobayashi and Shoun. 1995 The copper-containing dissimilatory nitrite reductase involved in the denitrifying system of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum |
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Shoun et al., 2012 Fungal denitrification and nitric oxide reductase cytochrome P450nor |
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Omura. 2010 Structural diversity of cytochrome P450 enzyme system |
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Long et al., 2015 Detection and diversity of copper containing nitrite reductase genes (nirK) in prokaryotic and fungal communities of agricultural soils |