Reaction: nitrite + NAD+ + H2O = nitrate + NADH + H+
Other name(s): assimilatory nitrate reductase (ambiguous); NADH-nitrate reductase; NADH-dependent nitrate reductase; assimilatory NADH: nitrate reductase; nitrate reductase (NADH2); NADH2:nitrate oxidoreductase
Systematic name: nitrite:NAD+ oxidoreductase
Comments: An iron-sulfur molybdenum flavoprotein.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9013-03-0
References:
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