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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 30.
Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2013 May 12;497(7451):647–651. doi: 10.1038/nature12139

Table 1.

Mutagenesis and functional study of key residues important for nitrate/nitrite exchange.

NarK (E. coli) NarU (E. coli) NrtA (A. nidulans) Colony growth on nitrate
R89 R87Ka
R87Pa
R87Kb
R87Tb
+
-
N175 N168Ac
N168Qb
N168Cb
-
-
-
Y263 Y261Qa
Y261Na
+
+
R305 R303Qa
R303Ca
R368Kb
R368Qb
R368Cb
+
-
-
A415 N459Ac
N459Qb
N459Kb
N459Cb
-
+
-
-
a

Study published by reference 10

b

Study published by reference 24

c

Study published by reference 21

See references above for a comprehensive list of all available mutagenesis data.