Biology:Nitrite dismutase

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Nitrite dismutase (EC 1.7.6.1, Prolixin S, Nitrophorin 7) is an enzyme with systematic name nitrite:nitrite oxidoreductase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

3 nitrite + 2 H+ [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] 2 nitric oxide + nitrate + H2O

Nitrite dismutase contains ferriheme b.

References

  1. "Formation of nitric oxide from nitrite by the ferriheme b protein nitrophorin 7". Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (34): 12042–3. September 2009. doi:10.1021/ja9040362. PMID 19655755. 
  2. "Formation of the complex of nitrite with the ferriheme b beta-barrel proteins nitrophorin 4 and nitrophorin 7". Biochemistry 49 (28): 5841–51. July 2010. doi:10.1021/bi100324z. PMID 20524697. 

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