Biological Nitrogen Removal Database

A manually curated data resource for microbial nitrogen removal


Detailed description of the enzyme

Enzyme name Membrane-bound nitrate reductase
Synonyms nitrate reductase (quinone);
membrane-bound nitrate reductase;
membrane-bound quinol:nitrate oxidoreductase;
NaR;
NarG;
NarGHI;
NarZ
nitrate reducatse A
quinol-nitrate oxidoreductase
NarI
nitrate reductase / nitrite oxidoreductase
Gene cluster NarGHJI;NarZYWV
Classification Oxidoreductases
Genes narG, narH, narJ, narI, narZ, narY, narW, narV
Pathway Nitrogen metabolism: DNRA: nitrate reduction IV (dissimilatory)
Substrate Ammonia (NH3
Reduced acceptor
Oxygen (O2)
Product Nitrate;Ferrocytochrome c;Hydron
Mechanism Link
Subunit
Gene
Protein name
Organism
Status
Accession Number (Genbank)
Accession Number (GenPept)
Accession Number (UniProt)
narG
Respiratory nitrate reductase 1 alpha chain
Halomonas maura strain S-31T
Unreviewed
AY641547.1
AAT47523.1
Q6GUE5
Gene
Protein name
Organism
Status
Accession Number (Genbank)
Accession Number (GenPept)
Accession Number (UniProt)
narH
Respiratory nitrate reductase 1 beta chain
Halomonas maura strain S-31T
Unreviewed
AL954747
AAT47524.1
Q6GUE4
Gene
Protein name
Organism
Status
Accession Number (Genbank)
Accession Number (GenPept)
Accession Number (UniProt)
narJ
Nitrate reductase molybdenum cofactor assembly chaperone NarJ
Halomonas maura strain S-31T
Unreviewed
AY641547.1
AAT47525.1
Q6GUE3
Gene
Protein name
Organism
Status
Accession Number (Genbank)
Accession Number (GenPept)
Accession Number (UniProt)
narI
Respiratory nitrate reductase 1 gamma chain
Halomonas maura strain S-31T
Unreviewed
AY641547.1
AAT47526.1
Q6GUE2
Gene
Protein name
Organism
Status
Accession Number (Genbank)
Accession Number (GenPept)
Accession Number (UniProt)
narZ
Respiratory nitrate reductase 2 alpha chain
Escherichia coli strain K12
Reviewed
AP009048
BAA15105.2
P19319
Gene
Protein name
Organism
Status
Accession Number (Genbank)
Accession Number (GenPept)
Accession Number (UniProt)
narY
Respiratory nitrate reductase 2 beta chain
Escherichia coli strain K12
Reviewed
AP009048
BAA15104.1
P19318
Gene
Protein name
Organism
Status
Accession Number (Genbank)
Accession Number (GenPept)
Accession Number (UniProt)
narW
Probable nitrate reductase molybdenum cofactor assembly chaperone NarW
Escherichia coli strain K12
Reviewed
AP009048
BAA15103.1
P19317
Gene
Protein name
Organism
Status
Accession Number (Genbank)
Accession Number (GenPept)
Accession Number (UniProt)
narV
Respiratory nitrate reductase 2 gamma chain
Escherichia coli strain K12
Reviewed
AP009048
BAA15102.1
P0AF32
Reference

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Argandoña et al., 2006

A membrane-bound nitrate reductase encoded by the narGHJI operon is responsible for anaerobic respiration in Halomonas maura

16612553

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Chovanec et al., 2012

Microbial reduction of chromate in the presence of nitrate by three nitrate respiring organisms

23251135

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Heylen and Keltjens. 2012

Redundancy and modularity in membrane-associated dissimilatory nitrate reduction in Bacillus

23087684

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