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Nitrate reductase and its role in nitrate assimilation in plants
Author(s) -
Campbell Wilbur H.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1988.tb04965.x
Subject(s) - nitrate reductase , nitrogen assimilation , nitrate , assimilation (phonology) , enzyme , chemistry , reductase , biochemistry , philosophy , linguistics , organic chemistry
Nitrate reductase (EC 1.6.6.1) is an enzyme found in most higher plants and appears to be a key regulator of nitrate assimilation as a result of enzyme induction by nitrate. The biochemistry of nitrate reductase has been elucidated to a great extent and the role that nitrate reductase plays in regulation of nitrate assimilation is becoming understood.