NasD

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  • Description: assimilatory nitrite reductase (subunit)

Gene name nasD
Synonyms nasBC, nirB
Essential no
Product assimilatory nitrite reductase (subunit)
Function utilization of nitrite as nitrogen source
MW, pI 88 kDa, 4.948
Gene length, protein length 2415 bp, 805 aa
Immediate neighbours nasE, nasC
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
NasD context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU03300

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

Categories containing this gene/protein

respiration, utilization of nitrogen sources other than amino acids

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Ammonium hydroxide + 3 NAD(P)+ + H2O = nitrite + 3 NAD(P)H (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: nitrite and sulfite reductase 4Fe-4S domain family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s): NasB

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Localization:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • expressed in the absence of good nitrogen sources (glutamine or ammonium) (TnrA) PubMed
    • expressed under anaerobic conditions (ResD) PubMed
    • induced by nitric oxide under anaerobic conditions (NsrR) PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References