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Nitrite reduction in Escherichia coli: genetic analysis of nir mutants.

Molecular & general genetics : MGG ·Vol. 167 ·No. 1 ·1978-11-16 ·Pages 113-8

Abou-Jaoudé A, Lepelletier M, Ratouchniak J, Chippaux M, Pascal MC

Abstract

Five mutants of Escherichia coli impaired on nitrite reduction were studied. All have lost NADH-nitrite reductase activity but have retained the capacity to synthesize all or part of their cytochrome c552. Three genes, nir C, nir D, and nir E were mapped at 26, 72.5 and 49.5 min, respectively. Another gene, nir F was tentatively localized around 52 min.

MeSH Terms
Chromosome Mapping Chromosomes, Bacterial Cytochromes/metabolism Escherichia coli/genetics,isolation & purification Genes Mutation NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases/genetics Nitrites/metabolism Phenotype
Chemicals
Cytochromes Nitrites NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Abou-Jaoudé A
Lepelletier M
Ratouchniak J
Chippaux M
Pascal M C
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Article Info
Journal
Molecular & general genetics : MGG
Abbr.
Mol Gen Genet
ISSN
0026-8925
DOI
10.1007/BF00270327
Published
1978-11-16
Pages
113-8
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0125036
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00270327
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