Term Information

Accession
GO:0042279
Name
nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
cytochrome c nitrite reductase activity, multiheme nitrite reductase activity, ammonia:ferricytochrome-c oxidoreductase activity, nitrite reductase (cytochrome; ammonia-forming), cytochrome c552 activity
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: NH3 + 2 H2O + 6 ferricytochrome c = nitrite + 6 ferrocytochrome c + 7 H+. Source: EC:1.7.2.2
Comment
None
History
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Subset
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Parents of nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity (GO:0042279)
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nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity [is_a relation] is_a  oxidoreductase activity, acting on other nitrogenous compounds as donors, cytochrome as acceptor (GO:0016662)
nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity [is_a relation] is_a  nitrite reductase activity (GO:0098809)

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