nitrite respiration

traitmech:000123 · CLASS · PROPOSED

A nitrogen respiration in which nitrite is the terminal electron acceptor.

Trait evidence (1)

DOI:10.1074/jbc.M709090200
Cytochrome c nitrite reductase (NrfA) from Escherichia coli has a well established role in the respiratory reduction of nitrite to ammonium

van Wonderen et al. describe NrfA-catalyzed respiratory reduction of nitrite to ammonium.

Provenance

Identifier source: TraitMech local identifier
Definition source: DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507

Parent traits (1)

nitrogen respiration traitmech:000121

Synonyms (1)

nitrite_respiration RELATED_SYNONYM · DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507

kg-microbe context

No kg-microbe node embedding matched this record in the 2026-04-25 deepwalk.

Curation history

2026-09-08T00:00:00Z · PROPOSED_FROM_RESEARCH · codex
Proposed a DOI-backed FAPROTAX metabolic capability from proposals/metpo_traitmech_v11 after repository-wide duplicate review.