Nitrite dismutase

Nitrite dismutase
Identifiers
EC number 1.7.6.1
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Nitrite dismutase (EC 1.7.6.1, Prolixin S, Nitrophorin 7) is an enzyme with systematic name nitrite:nitrite oxidoreductase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

3 nitrite + 2 H+ 2 nitric oxide + nitrate + H2O

Nitrite dismutase ontains ferriheme b.

References

  1. He, C.; Knipp, M. (2009). "Formation of nitric oxide from nitrite by the ferriheme b protein nitrophorin 7". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131 (34): 12042–12043. doi:10.1021/ja9040362. PMID 19655755.
  2. He, C.; Ogata, H.; Knipp, M. (2010). "Formation of the complex of nitrite with the ferriheme b β-barrel proteins nitrophorin 4 and nitrophorin 7". Biochemistry. 49 (28): 5841–5851. doi:10.1021/bi100324z. PMID 20524697.
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