CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Flavocytochrome C3; Chain A
Functional Family Cytochrome c-552

Enzyme Information

1.7.2.2
Nitrite reductase (cytochrome; ammonia-forming).
based on mapping to UniProt L0DSL2
NH(3) + 2 H(2)O + 6 ferricytochrome c = nitrite + 6 ferrocytochrome c + 7 H(+).
-!- The enzyme also reduces nitric oxide and hydroxylamine to ammonia, and sulfite to sulfide.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

L0DSL2
NIR_THIND
Thioalkalivibrio nitratireducens DSM 14787
Cytochrome c-552

PDB Structure

PDB 4L3Z
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Investigation of the X-ray-induced nitrite reduction catalysed by cytochrome c nitrite reductase from the bacterium Thioalkalivibrio nitratireducens
Trofimov, A.A., Polyakov, K.M., Lazarenko, V.A., Popov, A.N., Tikhonova, T.V., Tikhonov, A.V., Popov, V.O.
To be Published