The Structure of the Hyponitrite Species
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Constantinos Varotsis; Takehiro Ohta; Teizo Kitagawa; Tewfik Soulimane; Eftychia
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The formation of the hyponitrite species from two NO molecules is the key intermediate in the reduction of NO to N 2 O in denitrification. [1] The reaction is used by bacteria as an alternative to oxygen-based respiration. [1,2] The bacterial nitric oxide reductase (Nor) and the ba 3 -oxidoreductase