Reaction: nitrite + NADP+ + H2O = nitrate + NADPH + H+
Other name(s): assimilatory nitrate reductase (ambiguous); assimilatory reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-nitrate reductase; NADPH-nitrate reductase; assimilatory NADPH-nitrate reductase; triphosphopyridine nucleotide-nitrate reductase; NADPH:nitrate reductase; nitrate reductase (NADPH2); NADPH2:nitrate oxidoreductase
Systematic name: nitrite:NADP+ oxidoreductase
Comments: An iron-sulfur molybdenum flavoprotein.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, PDB, CAS registry number: 9029-28-1
References:
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