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EC 1.7.2.2 Details
EC number
1.7.2.2
Accepted name
nitrite reductase (cytochrome; ammonia-forming)
Reaction
NH3 + 2 H2O + 6 ferricytochrome c = nitrite + 6 ferrocytochrome c + 7 H+
Other name(s)
cytochrome c nitrite reductase, multiheme nitrite reductase
Systematic name
ammonia:ferricytochrome-c oxidoreductase
Comment
Found as a multiheme cytochrome in many bacteria. The enzyme from Escherichia coli contains five hemes c and requires Ca2+. It also reduces nitric oxide and hydroxylamine to ammonia, and sulfite to sulfide.
History
created 2001
EC Tree
1.8.1.1 created 1961, deleted 1972