From Nitrite to Ammonia

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Einsle O, Messerschmidt A, Stach P, Bourenkov GP, Bartunik HD, Huber R, Kroneck PM. Nature (1999) 400(6743): 476-80.

Search Medline titles for cytochrome c nitrite reductase.
42 citations on October 01, 2012. 
                    Nitrite                    
                       |
                       |  6 ferrocytochrome c + 7 H+
  cytochrome c nitrite | /
             reductase |/
               1.7.2.2 | Search GenBank, 528 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
                 Kyoto |\
                ExPASy | \
                       |  2 H2O + 6 ferricytochrome c
                       v
                    Ammonia
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