CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 2.40.128.20
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

1.7.6.1
Nitrite dismutase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q6PQK2
3 nitrite + 2 H(+) = 2 nitric oxide + nitrate + H(2)O.
-!- The enzyme is one of the nitrophorins from the salivary gland of the blood-feeding insect Rhodnius prolixus. -!- Nitric oxide produced induces vasodilation after injection. -!- Nitrophorins 2 and 4 can also catalyze this reaction.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q6PQK2
NP7_RHOPR
Rhodnius prolixus
Nitrophorin-7

PDB Structure

PDB 5M6J
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Electrostatic Tuning of the Ligand Binding Mechanism by Glu27 in Nitrophorin 7.
Abbruzzetti, S., Allegri, A., Bidon-Chanal, A., Ogata, H., Soavi, G., Cerullo, G., Bruno, S., Montali, C., Luque, F.J., Viappiani, C.
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