A recently evolved diflavin-containing monomeric nitrate reductase is responsible for highly efficient bacterial nitrate assimilation
Wei Tan, Tianhua Liao, Jin Wang, Yu Ye, Yuchen Wei, Haokui Zhou, Youli Xiao, Xiao‐Yang Zhi, Zhihui Shao, Liang-Dong Lyu, Guoping Zhao
Abstract
, but that it is largely lacking in slow-growing pathogenic mycobacteria because of multiple independent genomic deletion events along their evolution.
Topics & Concepts
Nitrate reductaseNitrogen assimilationAssimilation (phonology)NitrateChemistryMonomerBiochemistryEnvironmental chemistryCombinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryPolymerPhilosophyLinguisticsAmino Acid Enzymes and MetabolismWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalMetalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins