Bacterial nitrite‐reducing enzymes
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- 1 November 1992
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 209 (3) , 793-802
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb17350.x
Abstract
The enzymic reduction of nitrite takes place in a wide range of bacteria and is found to occur in denitrifying, assimilatory and dissimilatory pathways. In this review we describe the major molecular characteristics of the various enzymes employed in each of these processes.Keywords
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