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Literature summary for 1.7.7.1 extracted from

  • Hucklesby, D.P.; James, D.M.; Banwell, M.J.; Hewitt, E.J.
    Properties of nitrite reductase from Cucurbita pepo (1976), Phytochemistry, 15, 599-603.
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Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
Mersalyl reversible by glutathione Cucurbita pepo
p-chloromercuribenzoate
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Cucurbita pepo
Phenyl mercury acetate
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Cucurbita pepo

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Iron contains 2 mol of Fe per mol Cucurbita pepo

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Cucurbita pepo
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
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Cucurbita pepo

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
85
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Cucurbita pepo

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
nitrite + reduced ferredoxin enzyme can also catalyze the reduction of hydroxylamine to ammonia, at lower rate Cucurbita pepo ammonia + oxidized ferredoxin
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