Identification
Name:Respiratory nitrate reductase 1 gamma chain
Synonyms:
  • Cytochrome B-NR
  • Nitrate reductase A subunit gamma
  • Quinol-nitrate oxidoreductase subunit gamma
Gene Name:narI
Enzyme Class:
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in nitrate reductase activity
Specific Function:The nitrate reductase enzyme complex allows E.coli to use nitrate as an electron acceptor during anaerobic growth. The gamma chain is a membrane-embedded heme-iron unit resembling cytochrome b, which transfers electrons from quinones to the beta subunit
Cellular Location:Cell inner membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein
SMPDB Pathways:
KEGG Pathways:
  • Microbial metabolism in diverse environments ec01120
  • Nitrogen metabolism ec00910
KEGG Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Acceptor+1.0Thumb+1.0Acceptor1.0Thumb+1.0Reduced acceptor+1.0Reduced acceptor
1.0Nitrite + 1.0Acceptor + 1.0Water + 1.0Acceptor ↔ 1.0Nitrate + 1.0Reduced acceptor + 1.0Reduced acceptor
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2.0Ferricytochrome c+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+2.0Ferrocytochrome c+2.0Thumb
2.0Ferricytochrome c + 1.0Nitrite + 1.0Water ↔ 1.0Nitrate + 2.0Ferrocytochrome c + 2.0Hydrogen ion
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SMPDB Reactions:
1.0Nitrate+1.0cytochrome c nitrite reductase+1.0Thumb1.0Nitrite+1.0cytochrome c nitrite reductase+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
1.0Nitrate + 1.0cytochrome c nitrite reductase + 1.0Nitrate ↔ 1.0Nitrite + 1.0cytochrome c nitrite reductase + 1.0Water + 1.0Nitrite
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1.0Thumb+2.0Thumb+2.0Electron1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
1.0Selenate + 2.0Hydrogen ion + 2.0Electron → 1.0Selenite + 1.0Water
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1.0Thumb+2.0Thumb+1.0a menaquinol1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0a menaquinone
1.0Nitrate + 2.0Hydrogen ion + 1.0a menaquinol → 1.0Nitrite + 1.0Water + 1.0a menaquinone
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Complex Reactions:
2.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+2.0Thumb
2.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Menaquinone 8+1.0Thumb+2.0Thumb
2.0Hydrogen ion + 1.0Menaquinol 8 + 1.0Nitrate → 1.0Water + 1.0Menaquinone 8 + 1.0Nitrite + 2.0Hydrogen ion
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Metabolites:
ECMDB IDNameView
ECMDB21652Ferricytochrome cMetaboCard
ECMDB23135Ferrocytochrome cMetaboCard
ECMDB21225Hydrogen ionMetaboCard
ECMDB21245Menaquinol 8MetaboCard
ECMDB02878NitrateMetaboCard
ECMDB02786NitriteMetaboCard
ECMDB23788SelenateMetaboCard
ECMDB21355SeleniteMetaboCard
ECMDB01060Ubiquinol-8MetaboCard
ECMDB21296Ubiquinone-8MetaboCard
ECMDB00494WaterMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Component
macromolecular complex
nitrate reductase complex
protein complex
Function
catalytic activity
nitrate reductase activity
oxidoreductase activity
oxidoreductase activity, acting on other nitrogenous compounds as donors
Process
metabolic process
oxidation reduction
Gene Properties
Blattner:b1227
Gene OrientationClockwise
Centisome Percentage:27.70
Left Sequence End1285072
Right Sequence End1285749
Gene Sequence:
>678 bp
ATGAGTGCGTCGTTGGCGATCCTGACCATCGGCATTGTACCTATGCAGGAAGTTTTGCCG
CTCCTGACGGAATACATTGACGAAGATAATATTTCCCATCATAGCCTGCTGGGGAAGTTA
AGTCGTGAAGAAGTGATGGCGGAGTACGCGCCAGAAGCAGGCGAAGACACCATTCTCACA
TTATTAAATGACAACCAGCTGGCCCATGTTTCGCGTCGCAAAGTGGAGCGTGACCTGCAA
GGTGTGGTTGAAGTGCTCGATAATCAGGGTTATGACGTCATTTTATTAATGAGTACAGCA
AACATTAGTAGTATGACTGCGCGTAATACGATCTTTCTTGAGCCGTCGCGAATATTGCCT
CCACTGGTTTCCTCTATTGTTGAAGATCATCAGGTGGGGGTTATCGTTCCGGTTGAGGAG
ATGCTGCCCGTTCAGGCGCAAAAATGGCAAATTTTGCAGAAATCGCCGGTATTTTCATTG
GGTAACCCCATTCATGATTCAGAACAAAAAATCATTGATGCCGGGAAAGAATTACTGGCA
AAAGGGGCTGATGTCATCATGCTGGATTGTTTAGGATTTCACCAACGTCATCGCGATTTA
CTGCAAAAACAGCTCGATGTTCCTGTCTTGCTGTCTAACGTATTGATTGCACGGCTGGCT
GCGGAATTACTGGTGTAA
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:225
Protein Molecular Weight:25497
Protein Theoretical pI:10
PDB File:1Y4Z
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • 4-29
  • 48-70
  • 83-112
  • 125-148
  • 183-198
Protein Sequence:
>Respiratory nitrate reductase 1 gamma chain
MQFLNMFFFDIYPYIAGAVFLIGSWLRYDYGQYTWRAASSQMLDRKGMNLASNLFHIGIL
GIFVGHFFGMLTPHWMYEAWLPIEVKQKMAMFAGGASGVLCLIGGVLLLKRRLFSPRVRA
TTTGADILILSLLVIQCALGLLTIPFSAQHMDGSEMMKLVGWAQSVVTFHGGASQHLDGV
AFIFRLHLVLGMTLFLLFPFSRLIHIWSVPVEYLTRKYQLVRARH
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P11350
Uniprot Name:NARI_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:85674531
PDB ID:1Y4Z
Ecogene ID:EG10640
Ecocyc:EG10640
ColiBase:b1227
Kegg Gene:b1227
EchoBASE ID:EB0634
CCDB:NARI_ECOLI
BacMap:16129190
General Reference:
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  • Blattner, F. R., Plunkett, G. 3rd, Bloch, C. A., Perna, N. T., Burland, V., Riley, M., Collado-Vides, J., Glasner, J. D., Rode, C. K., Mayhew, G. F., Gregor, J., Davis, N. W., Kirkpatrick, H. A., Goeden, M. A., Rose, D. J., Mau, B., Shao, Y. (1997). "The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12." Science 277:1453-1462. Pubmed: 9278503
  • Daley, D. O., Rapp, M., Granseth, E., Melen, K., Drew, D., von Heijne, G. (2005). "Global topology analysis of the Escherichia coli inner membrane proteome." Science 308:1321-1323. Pubmed: 15919996
  • Hayashi, K., Morooka, N., Yamamoto, Y., Fujita, K., Isono, K., Choi, S., Ohtsubo, E., Baba, T., Wanner, B. L., Mori, H., Horiuchi, T. (2006). "Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 and W3110." Mol Syst Biol 2:2006.0007. Pubmed: 16738553
  • Oshima, T., Aiba, H., Baba, T., Fujita, K., Hayashi, K., Honjo, A., Ikemoto, K., Inada, T., Itoh, T., Kajihara, M., Kanai, K., Kashimoto, K., Kimura, S., Kitagawa, M., Makino, K., Masuda, S., Miki, T., Mizobuchi, K., Mori, H., Motomura, K., Nakamura, Y., Nashimoto, H., Nishio, Y., Saito, N., Horiuchi, T., et, a. l. .. (1996). "A 718-kb DNA sequence of the Escherichia coli K-12 genome corresponding to the 12.7-28.0 min region on the linkage map." DNA Res 3:137-155. Pubmed: 8905232
  • Sodergren, E. J., DeMoss, J. A. (1988). "narI region of the Escherichia coli nitrate reductase (nar) operon contains two genes." J Bacteriol 170:1721-1729. Pubmed: 2832376
  • Sodergren, E. J., Hsu, P. Y., DeMoss, J. A. (1988). "Roles of the narJ and narI gene products in the expression of nitrate reductase in Escherichia coli." J Biol Chem 263:16156-16162. Pubmed: 3053688