Enzymatic and non-enzymatic reduction of nitrite by extracts of Neurospora crassa
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 123 (2) , 755-8
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.123.2.755-758.1975
Abstract
Two activites causing nitrite disappearance are found in extracts of Neurospora; one, inducible by nitrate or nitrite and present only in nitrite-utilizing strains, catalyze the stoichiometric reduction of nitrite to ammonia; the other, present in all strains under all conditions, causes the disappearance of nitrite to something other than ammonia. The latter activity has a molecular weight of about 600 and may contain an oligopeptide, a metal, and an SH group(s). It has no known physiological function.Keywords
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