EC Number   |
Natural Substrates   |
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1.7.1.B2 | 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene + NADH + H+ |
- |
1.7.1.B2 | 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene + NADPH + H+ |
- |
1.7.1.B2 | 2,4-dinitrotoluene + NADPH + H+ |
- |
1.7.1.B2 | 2,6-dinitrotoluene + NADPH + H+ |
- |
1.7.1.B2 | more |
Escherichia coli nitroreductase NfsB can reduce nitrochloromethylbenzindolines, i.e. nitro-CBIs, in an oxygen-independent fashion, generating highly cytotoxic metabolites that alkylate the N3 of adenine in the minor groove of DNA |
1.7.1.B2 | 2,4-dinitrotoluene + NADPH + H+ |
highest activity |
1.7.1.B2 | 2,6-dinitrotoluene + NADPH + H+ |
highest activity |
1.7.1.B2 | more |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa nitroreductase NfsB can reduce nitrochloromethylbenzindolines, i.e. nitro-CBIs, in an oxygen-independent fashion, generating highly cytotoxic metabolites that alkylate the N3 of adenine in the minor groove of DNA |