NCBI Accession #
P17570.1
NCBI Official Full Name
Nitrate reductase
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
NIA
NCBI Protein Information
nitrate reductase [NADH]
NCBI Summary
Nitrate reductase is involved in nitrate assimilation by catalyzing the conversion of nitrate to nitrite in the cytoplasm which then gets converted to ammonia in the chloroplast by nitrite reductase. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2016]
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
NR
UniProt Protein Name
Nitrate reductase [NADH]
UniProt Primary Accession #
P17570
UniProt Related Accession #
P17570
UniProt Comments
Nitrate reductase is a key enzyme involved in the first step of nitrate assimilation in plants, fungi and bacteria.