Nitrate reductase (quinone)

Nitrate reductase (quinone)
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EC no.1.7.5.1
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Nitrate reductase (quinone) (EC 1.7.5.1, nitrate reductase A, nitrate reductase Z, quinol/nitrate oxidoreductase, quinol-nitrate oxidoreductase, quinol:nitrate oxidoreductase, NarA, NarZ, NarGHI) is an enzyme with systematic name nitrite:quinone oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

nitrate + a quinol nitrite + a quinone + H2O

This is a membrane-bound enzyme which supports [anaerobic respiration] on nitrate.