Enzymatic and non-enzymatic reduction of nitrite by extracts of Neurospora crassa.
J Bacteriol, 1975/8;123(2):755-8.
Chang HC, Mulkins GJ, Dyer JC, Sorger GJ
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Abstract
Two activites causing nitrite disappearance are found in extracts of Neurospora; one, inducible by nitrate or nitrite and present only in nitrite-utilizing strains, catalyze the stoichiometric reduction of nitrite to ammonia; the other, present in all strains under all conditions, causes the disappearance of nitrite to something other than ammonia. The latter activity has a molecular weight of about 600 and may contain an oligopeptide, a metal, and an SH group(s). It has no known physiological function.
MeSH terms
Ammonia; Culture Media; Enzyme Induction; Molecular Weight; Mutation; Neurospora; Neurospora crassa; Nitrate Reductases; Nitrite Reductases; Nitrites; Oligopeptides; Species Specificity
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