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. 1975 Aug;123(2):755-8.
doi: 10.1128/jb.123.2.755-758.1975.

Enzymatic and non-enzymatic reduction of nitrite by extracts of Neurospora crassa

H C Chang, G J Mulkins, J C Dyer, G J Sorger

Enzymatic and non-enzymatic reduction of nitrite by extracts of Neurospora crassa

H C Chang et al. J Bacteriol. 1975 Aug.

Abstract

Two activites causing nitrite disappearance are found in extracts of Neurospora; one, inducible by nitrate or nitrite and present only in nitrite-utilizing strains, catalyze the stoichiometric reduction of nitrite to ammonia; the other, present in all strains under all conditions, causes the disappearance of nitrite to something other than ammonia. The latter activity has a molecular weight of about 600 and may contain an oligopeptide, a metal, and an SH group(s). It has no known physiological function.

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