Nitrate-transporting ATPase

In enzymology, a nitrate-transporting ATPase (EC 3.6.3.26) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

ATP + H₂O + nitrate_out ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ ADP + phosphate + nitrate_in

nitrate transmembrane-transporting ATPase
Identifiers
EC no.	3.6.3.26
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene Ontology	AmiGO / QuickGO
Search PMC articles PubMed articles NCBI proteins

The 3 substrates of this enzyme are ATP, H₂O, and nitrate, whereas its 3 products are ADP, phosphate, and nitrate.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those acting on acid anhydrides to catalyse transmembrane movement of substances. The systematic name of this enzyme class is ATP phosphohydrolase (nitrate-importing).