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E V Morozkina1, R A Zvyagilskaya.
Abstract
Structural and functional peculiarities of four types of nitrate reductases are considered: assimilatory nitrate reductase of eukaryotes, as well as cytoplasmic assimilatory, membrane-bound respiratory, and periplasmic dissimilatory bacterial nitrate reductases. Arguments are presented showing that eukaryotic organisms are capable of nitrate dissimilation. Data concerning new classes of extremophil nitrate reductases, whose active center does not contain molybdocofactor, are summarized.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 18021072 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297907100124
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochemistry (Mosc) ISSN: 0006-2979 Impact factor: 2.487