%0 Journal Article %J FEBS Lett %D 1990 %T Regulation of the hexaheme nitrite/nitric oxide reductase of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, Wolinella succinogenes and Escherichia coli. A mass spectrometric study %A Costa, C. %A Macedo, A. %A Moura, I. %A Moura, J. J. %A Legall, J. %A Berlier, Y. %A Liu, M. Y. %A Payne, W. J. %K Ascorbic Acid/metabolism %K Bacteroidaceae/*enzymology %K Desulfovibrio/*enzymology %K Dithionite/metabolism %K Escherichia coli/*enzymology %K Kinetics %K Mass Spectrometry %K NADP/metabolism %K Nitric Oxide/metabolism %K Nitrite Reductases/*metabolism %K Oxidoreductases/*metabolism %M 2265715 %P 67-70 %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2265715 %V 276 %X

Dissimilatory nitrite reduction, carried out by hexaheme proteins, gives ammonia as the final product. Representatives of this enzyme group from 3 bacterial species can also reduce NO to either ammonia or N2O. The redox regulation of the nitrite/nitric oxide activities is discussed in the context of the denitrifying pathway.

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