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Application of molecular biology to study the respiratory systems in bacteria has revealed the existence of a large superfamily of homologous haem-copper cytochrome oxidases [1–5]. There are several links between denitrification and oxygen-based respiration. The first oxidase may have evolved from a homologous denitrification enzyme, nitric oxide reductase [2].
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Saraste, M., Warne, A., Gohlke, U. (1998). Superfamily of Cytochrome Oxidases. In: Canters, G.W., Vijgenboom, E. (eds) Biological Electron Transfer Chains: Genetics, Composition and Mode of Operation. NATO ASI Series, vol 512. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5133-7_20
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