Biological Nitrogen Removal Database

A manually curated data resource for microbial nitrogen removal


Detailed description of the enzyme

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 ncgABCnirK
Classification Oxidoreductases
Genes nirK, nirS
Pathway Nitrogen metabolism: Denitrification: Nitrite reduction
Substrate Nitrate
Quinol 
Product Nitrite 
Ferrocytochrome C
Hydron
Mechanism Link
Subunit
Gene
Protein name
Organism
Status
Accession Number (Genbank)
Accession Number (GenPept)
Accession Number (UniProt)
nirK
Copper-containing nitrite reductase
Alcaligenes faecalis
Reviewed
D13155
BAA02440.1
P3850
Reference

Authors

Title


PubMed ID

Full research link

Bueno et al., 2005

Function of the Rhizobium Etli CFN42 nirK Gene in Nitrite Metabolism

15667294

Link

Authors

Title


PubMed ID

Full research link

Nakanishi et al., 2010

A Eukaryotic Copper-Containing Nitrite Reductase Derived From a NirK Homolog Gene of Aspergillus Oryzae

20460712

Link

Authors

Title


PubMed ID

Full research link

Gao et al., 2017

Cloning, Purification and Characterization of Novel
Cu-containing Nitrite Reductase From the Bacillus Firmus GY-49

29255935

Link

Authors

Title



PubMed ID

Full research link

Glockner et al., 1993

Copper-containing Nitrite Reductase From Pseudomonas Aureofaciens Is
Functional in a Mutationally Cytochrome cd1-free Background
(NirS-) of Pseudomonas Stutzeri

8352648

Link

Authors

Title


PubMed ID

Full research link

Adhikari and Rahman., 2017

Comparative Analysis of Amino Acid Composition in the Active Site of
Nirk Gene Encoding Copper-Containing Nitrite Reductase (CuNiR) in Bacterial Spp

28068515

Link

Authors

Title

PubMed ID

Full research link

Beaumont et al., 2005

Novel nirK cluster genes in Nitrosomonas europaea are required for NirK-dependent tolerance to nitrite

16166549

Link