ID   1.7.6.1
DE   nitrite dismutase.
AN   Nitrophorin 7.
AN   Prolixin S.
CA   2 H(+) + 3 nitrite = H2O + nitrate + 2 nitric oxide.
CC   -!- The enzyme is one of the nitrophorins from the salivary gland of the
CC       blood-feeding insect Rhodnius prolixus.
CC   -!- Nitric oxide produced induces vasodilation after injection.
CC   -!- Nitrophorins 2 and 4 can also catalyze this reaction.
DR   Q94734, NP4_RHOPR  ;  Q6PQK2, NP7_RHOPR  ;
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