Nitrate reductase (NADPH)

Nitrate reductase (NADPH)
Identifiers
EC number	1.7.1.3
CAS number	9029-28-1
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MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
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Nitrate reductase (NADPH) (EC 1.7.1.3, assimilatory nitrate reductase, assimilatory reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-nitrate reductase, NADPH-nitrate reductase, assimilatory NADPH-nitrate reductase, triphosphopyridine nucleotide-nitrate reductase, NADPH:nitrate reductase, nitrate reductase (NADPH₂), NADPH₂:nitrate oxidoreductase) is an enzyme with systematic name nitrite:NADP⁺ oxidoreductase.^[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalises the following chemical reaction

nitrite + NADP⁺ + H₂O $\rightleftharpoons$ nitrate + NADPH + H⁺

Nitrate reductase is an iron-sulfur molybdenum flavoprotein.

References

1. Nason, A. (1963). "Nitrate reductases". In Boyer, P.D., Lardy, H. and Myrbäck, K. The Enzymes 7 (2nd ed.). New York: Academic Press. pp. 587–607.
2. Nason, A. and Evans, H.J. (1953). "Triphosphopyridine nucleotide-nitrate reductase in Neurospora". J. Biol. Chem. 202: 655–673. PMID 13061490.
3. Nicholas, D.J.D. and Nason, A. (1954). "Molybdenum and nitrate reductase. II. Molybdenum as a constituent of nitrate reductase". J. Biol. Chem. 207: 353–360. PMID 13152110.
4. Berks, B.C., Ferguson, S.J., Moir, J.W. and Richardson, D.J. (1995). "Enzymes and associated electron transport systems that catalyse the respiratory reduction of nitrogen oxides and oxyanions". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1232: 97–173. doi:10.1016/0005-2728(95)00092-5. PMID 8534676.

External links

• Nitrate reductase (NADPH) at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)