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Literature summary for 1.7.7.1 extracted from

  • Zumft, W.G.
    Ferredoxin:nitrite oxidoreductase from Chlorella. Purification and properties (1972), Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 276, 363-375.
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General Stability

General Stability Organism
unstable in crude extracts and in solutions below pH 7 [Chlorella] fusca

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
8-hydroxyquinoline 7% inhibition at 5 mM [Chlorella] fusca
CO
-
[Chlorella] fusca
cyanide 90% inhibition at 1 mM [Chlorella] fusca
EDTA
-
[Chlorella] fusca
o-phenanthroline 15% inhibition at 5 mM [Chlorella] fusca
p-chloromercuribenzoate complete inhibition at 0.1 mM [Chlorella] fusca

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Iron 2 atoms of iron probably bound in the chromophoric group [Chlorella] fusca

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
63000
-
gel filtration, SDS-PAGE [Chlorella] fusca

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
[Chlorella] fusca
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
-
[Chlorella] fusca

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
51.7
-
-
[Chlorella] fusca

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
-24°C, 30% loss of activity within 4 months [Chlorella] fusca
4°C, 30% loss of activity within 3 weeks [Chlorella] fusca

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
nitrite + reduced ferredoxin other electron donor: methyl viologen [Chlorella] fusca ammonia + oxidized ferredoxin
-
?
nitrite + reduced ferredoxin enzyme can also catalyze the reduction of hydroxylamine to ammonia, at lower rate [Chlorella] fusca ammonia + oxidized ferredoxin
-
?

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
monomer 1 * 63000 SDS-PAGE + mercaptoethanol [Chlorella] fusca

pH Stability

pH Stability pH Stability Maximum Comment Organism
7
-
enzyme in crude extract is rapidly inactivated below pH 7 [Chlorella] fusca