nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity

id: GO:0042279
name: nitrite reductase (cytochrome, ammonia-forming) activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: NH3 + 2 H2O + 6 ferricytochrome c = nitrite + 6 ferrocytochrome c + 7 H+.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016662oxidoreductase activity, acting on other nitrogenous compounds as donors, cytochrome as acceptor