ENTRY       M00530            Pathway   Module
NAME        Dissimilatory nitrate reduction, nitrate => ammonia
DEFINITION  (K00370+K00371+K00374,K02567+K02568) (K00362+K00363,K03385+K15876)
ORTHOLOGY   K00370,K00371,K00374  respiratory nitrate reductase 1 [EC:1.7.99.- 1.7.5.1] [RN:R00798 R09497]
            K02567,K02568  dissimilatory nitrate reductase [EC:1.9.6.1] [RN:R03071]
            K00362,K00363  respiratory nitrite reductase [EC:1.7.1.15] [RN:R00787]
            K03385,K15876  respiratory nitrite reductase [EC:1.7.2.2] [RN:R05712]
CLASS       Pathway modules; Energy metabolism; Nitrogen metabolism
PATHWAY     map00910  Nitrogen metabolism
            map01310  Nitrogen cycle
            map01100  Metabolic pathways
            map01120  Microbial metabolism in diverse environments
REACTION    R00798,R09497,R03071  C00244 -> C00088
            R00787,R05712  C00088 -> C00014
COMPOUND    C00244  Nitrate
            C00088  Nitrite
            C00014  NH3
COMMENT     Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA)
REFERENCE   PMID:11921398
  AUTHORS   Stolz JF, Basu P
  TITLE     Evolution of nitrate reductase: molecular and structural variations on a common function.
  JOURNAL   Chembiochem 3:198-206 (2002)
            DOI:10.1002/1439-7633(20020301)3:2/3<198::AID-CBIC198>3.0.CO;2-C
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