1. Nitrate reductase was purified 134-fold from Escherichia coli K12. The purification procedure involves the release by Triton X-100 of the enzyme from the cell envelope. i. The purified enzyme exists in aqueous solution either as a monomer (mol. wt. about 220 000) or as an associated form (probably a tetramer; mol.wt. about 880 000). 3. The purified enzyme has three subunits with apparent mol.wts. of 150 000, 67000 and 65000. An additional subunit of apparent mol.wt. 20000 is present in a haem-containing fraction that is also produced by the preparative procedure described. 4. None of the enzyme subunits is present in the cell envelope of cells grown in the absence of nitrate. 5. Reversible changes in the activity of nitrate reductase in vitro with FMNH2 as reductant can be induced under circumstances which are without effect on the reduced Benzyl Viologen-NO3-activity.
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