NITRATE REDUCTASE STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND REGULATION: Bridging the Gap between Biochemistry and Physiology.

@article{Campbell1999NITRATERS,
  title={NITRATE REDUCTASE STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND REGULATION: Bridging the Gap between Biochemistry and Physiology.},
  author={Wilbur H. Campbell},
  journal={Annual review of plant physiology and plant molecular biology},
  year={1999},
  volume={50},
  pages={
          277-303
        }
}
  • W. Campbell
  • Published 1 June 1999
  • Chemistry, Biology
  • Annual review of plant physiology and plant molecular biology
Nitrate reductase (NR; EC 1.6.6.1-3) catalyzes NAD(P)H reduction of nitrate to nitrite. NR serves plants, algae, and fungi as a central point for integration of metabolism by governing flux of reduced nitrogen by several regulatory mechanisms. The NR monomer is composed of a ~100-kD polypeptide and one each of FAD, heme-iron, and molybdenum-molybdopterin (Mo-MPT). NR has eight sequence segments: (a) N-terminal "acidic" region; (b) Mo-MPT domain with nitrate-reducing active site; (c) interface… 
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