Nitrite oxidoreductase (NOR or NXR) is an enzyme involved in nitrification. It is the last step in the process of aerobic ammonia oxidation, which is carried...
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Nitrifying bacteria (redirect from Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria)
oxidoreductase (which oxidizes hydroxylamine to nitric oxide - which is further oxidized to nitrite by a currently unidentified enzyme), and nitrite oxidoreductase...
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The nitrite ion has the chemical formula NO− 2. Nitrite (mostly sodium nitrite) is widely used throughout chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The nitrite...
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NADH is still needed for anabolic reactions, these bacteria use a nitrite oxidoreductase to produce enough proton-motive force to run part of the electron...
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directly for use in anabolism. This problem is solved by using a nitrite oxidoreductase to produce enough proton-motive force to run part of the electron...
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Nitrite dismutase (EC 1.7.6.1, Prolixin S, Nitrophorin 7) is an enzyme with systematic name nitrite:nitrite oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following...
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important. Nitrite itself does not readily undergo redox reactions, but its metal complexes do. The molybdenum-containing enzyme nitrite oxidoreductase catalyzes...
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NADH-nitrite oxidoreductase, NADPH-nitrite reductase, assimilatory nitrite reductase, nitrite reductase [NAD(P)H2], and NAD(P)H2:nitrite oxidoreductase. This...
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enzyme responsible for the oxidation of nitrite to nitrate in members of the genus Nitrobacter is nitrite oxidoreductase (NXR), which is encoded by the gene...
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lacking groups (such as methyl-groups); for example, noradrenaline Nitrite oxidoreductase, an enzyme Nucleolus organizer region, a chromosomal region around...
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organism produces the ammonia according to its requirements. Nitrite oxidoreductase Ferredoxin—nitrite reductase (NiR) involved in the assimilation of nitrates...
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microenvironment. All members of this genus have the nitrite oxidoreductase genes, and thus are all thought to be nitrite-oxidizers. Ever since nitrifying bacteria...
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2-nitrophenol 2-monooxygenase (redirect from 2-nitrophenol,NADPH:oxygen 2-oxidoreductase (2-hydroxylating, nitrite-forming))
name of this enzyme class is 2-nitrophenol,NADPH:oxygen 2-oxidoreductase (2-hydroxylating, nitrite-forming). Other names in common use include 2-nitrophenol...
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Hydroxylamine oxidoreductase (HAO) is an enzyme found in the prokaryotic genus Nitrosomonas. It plays a critically important role in the biogeochemical...
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great surprise for the scientific community. In the anammox reaction, nitrite and ammonium ions are converted directly into diatomic nitrogen and water...
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NXR may refer to: Nitrite oxidoreductase, an enzyme involved in nitrification nxr, the ISO 639-3 code for Ninggerum language REVA NXR, an urban electric...
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Nitrification (section Nitrite oxidation)
is the biological oxidation of ammonia to nitrate via the intermediary nitrite. Nitrification is an important step in the nitrogen cycle in soil. The...
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Nitrate reductase (NADPH) (redirect from Nitrite:NADP+ oxidoreductase)
NADPH2:nitrate oxidoreductase) is an enzyme with systematic name nitrite:NADP+ oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalises the following chemical reaction nitrite + NADP+...
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c, whereas its 3 products are nitrite, ferrocytochrome c, and H+. This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on other...
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molecule of ammonia oxidized. Nitrite oxidation is much simpler, with nitrite being oxidized by the enzyme nitrite oxidoreductase coupled to proton translocation...
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Cytochrome c nitrite reductase (ccNiR) (EC 1.7.2.2) is a bacterial enzyme that catalyzes the six electron reduction of nitrite to ammonia; an important...
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Nitrate reductase (quinone) (redirect from Nitrite:quinone oxidoreductase)
quinol/nitrate oxidoreductase, quinol-nitrate oxidoreductase, quinol:nitrate oxidoreductase, NarA, NarZ, NarGHI) is an enzyme with systematic name nitrite:quinone...
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3-oxopropanoate + nitrite + H2O2 The 3 substrates of this enzyme are 3-aci-nitropropanoate, O2, and H2O, whereas its 3 products are 3-oxopropanoate, nitrite, and H2O2...
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Xanthine oxidase (redirect from Xanthine oxidoreductase)
is suggested that xanthine oxidoreductase, along with other enzymes, participates in the conversion of nitrate to nitrite in mammalian tissues. The protein...
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4-Nitrophenol 4-monooxygenase (redirect from 4-nitrophenol,NAD(P)H:oxygen 4-oxidoreductase (4-hydroxylating, nitrite-forming))
enzyme with systematic name 4-nitrophenol,NAD(P)H:oxygen 4-oxidoreductase (4-hydroxylating, nitrite-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical...
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4-Nitrocatechol 4-monooxygenase (redirect from 4-nitrocatechol,NAD(P)H:oxygen 4-oxidoreductase (4-hydroxylating, nitrite-forming))
with systematic name 4-nitrocatechol,NAD(P)H:oxygen 4-oxidoreductase (4-hydroxylating, nitrite-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical...
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Nitrate reductase (NAD(P)H) (redirect from Nitrite:NAD(P)+ oxidoreductase)
NAD(P)H2:nitrate oxidoreductase) is an enzyme with systematic name nitrite:NAD(P)+ oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalises the following chemical reaction nitrite + NAD(P)+...
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Nitrate reductase (NADH) (redirect from Nitrite:NAD+ oxidoreductase)
nitrate oxidoreductase) is an enzyme with systematic name nitrite: NAD+ oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyzes the following chemical reaction nitrite + NAD+...
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In enzymology, a ferredoxin—nitrite reductase (EC 1.7.7.1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction NH3 + 2 H2O + 6 oxidized ferredoxin ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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Nitroalkane oxidase (redirect from Nitroalkane:oxygen oxidoreductase)
ketone + nitrite + H2O2 The 3 substrates of this enzyme are nitroalkane, H2O, and O2, whereas its 4 products are aldehyde, ketone, nitrite, and H2O2...
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