nitrate reductase (alpha subunit)
function
nitrate respiration, nitrogen assimilation
product
nitrate reductase (alpha subunit)
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.1|Electron transport and ATP synthesis] → [category|SW 2.1.2|Respiration] → [category|SW 2.1.2.2|Anaerobic respiration][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.2|Membrane proteins][SW|Categories] containing this gene/protein
[SW|respiration], [SW|membrane proteins]This gene is a member of the following [SW|regulons]
[SW|Fnr regulon]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
Nitrite + acceptor = nitrate + reduced acceptor (according to Swiss-Prot)Protein family
prokaryotic molybdopterin-containing oxidoreductase family (according to Swiss-Prot)[SW|Cofactors]
Fe-S cluster [Pubmed|11289299]MoCo [Pubmed|11289299][SW|Localization]
cell membrane [Pubmed|23880299][SW|Interactions]
part of a [SW|respiratory supercomplex] [Pubmed|23880299][protein|search|NarG]-[protein|search|NarH] [Pubmed|11289299]Expression and Regulation
Operon
''[protein|search|narG]-[protein|search|narH]-[protein|search|narJ]-[protein|search|narI]'' [Pubmed|8846791,16428414][SW|Sigma factor]
[protein|search|SigA] [Pubmed|8846791,16428414]Regulation
expressed under anaerobic conditions ([protein|search|Fnr]) [Pubmed|8846791,16428414]Regulatory mechanism
[protein|search|Fnr]: transcription activation [Pubmed|8846791,16428414]References
Reviews
Original publications
9352926,23880299,8846791,16428414 
