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Isotopic fractionation by plant nitrate reductase, twenty years later

Date

Authors

Tcherkez, Guillaume

Farquhar, Graham

Publisher

CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Plant nitrate reductase, the enzyme that reduces nitrate (NO3-) to nitrite (NO2-), is known to fractionate N isotopes, depleting nitrite in15N compared with substrate nitrate. Nearly 20 years ago, the nitrogen isotope effect associated with this reaction

Keywords

Keywords: Catalysis; Enzymes; Nitrates; Oxidation; Reaction kinetics; Bridging oxygen; Catalytic cycle; Enzyme structure; Plant nitrate reductase; Plants (botany); catalysis; enzyme; enzyme activity; isotopic fractionation; numerical model; plant; Catalysts; Enzyme

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/32710

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Functional Plant Biology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1071/FP05284

Restricted until

2099-12-31

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