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nitrate reductase

Known as: Nitrate Reductase, Respiratory, Respiratory Nitrate Reductase, Quinol Nitrate Oxidoreductase 
An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of nitrite to nitrate. It is a cytochrome protein that contains IRON and MOLYBDENUM.
National Institutes of Health

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In BloodNitratesProcess of secretionantagonists & inhibitors

Broader (2)

NADH, NADPH OxidoreductasesNitrate Reductases

Narrower (2)

NarG protein, E colinarZ protein, E coli

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Structure and activity of the nitrate-reducing community in the rhizosphere of Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens under long-term elevated atmospheric pCO.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Construction and characterization of nitrate reductase-based amperometric electrode and nitrate assay of fertilizers and drinking water.
The construction and characterization of a nitrate reductase-based amperometric electrode for determination of nitrate ion is… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
5[prime] Proximal Regions of Arabidopsis Nitrate Reductase Genes Direct Nitrate-Induced Transcription in Transgenic Tobacco
Nitrate reductase (NR) is the first enzyme in nitrate assimilation, a critical process for plant survival. The regulation of NR… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Nitrate reductase-deficient mutants in barley
MUTANTS have long been used to study genetic and biochemical regulation of metabolic pathways in microorganisms. Often it is a… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Purification of NADH-Nitrate Reductase by Affinity Chromatography.
ASSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTASE (NADH: nitrate oxidoreductase, EC 1.6.6.1) from Chlorella vulgaris has been purified to… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
A nitrate reductase inactivating enzyme from the maize root.
The nitrate reductase in the mature root extract of 3-day maize (Zea mays) seedlings was relatively labile in vitro. Insoluble… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Correlation between Polyribosome Level and the Ability to Induce Nitrate Reductase in Dark-grown Corn Seedlings.
Nitrate reductase can be induced in excised shoots of 3-day-old dark-grown Zea mays (var. WF9 x M14) seedlings in the absence of… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Nitrogen metabolis of Lemna minor. II. Enzymes of nitrate assimilation and some aspects of their regulation.
In L. minor grown in sterile culture, the primary enzymes of nitrate assimilation, nitrate reductase (NR), nitrite reductase (NiR… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Intracellular localization of nitrate reductase, nitrite reductase, and glutamic Acid dehydrogenase in green leaf tissue.
Greenhouse grown seedlings of corn (Zea mays L.) and foxtail (Setaria faberii Herrm.) were used as source material in determining… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
The regulation of activity of the enzymes involved in the assimilation of nitrate by higher plants.
1. Possible mechanisms regulating the activities of three enzymes involved in nitrate assimilation, nitrate reductase, nitrite… 
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