What is Nitrate Reductase (NaR)?
4.1 A: NaR is an enzyme purified from corn leaves. NaR catalyzes the reduction of nitrate to nitrite in a highly efficient way. NaR uses a natural reducing agent called NADH to drive the conversion of nitrate to nitrite. Since NaR and NADH are natural substances, enzymatic reduction of nitrate to nitrite is a very good way to do environmental testing for nitrate, especially as compared to existing methods which utilize heavy metals to drive the reduction process. NECi Nitrate Test Kits use NaR and NADH for highly accurate and easy to use nitrate testing. 4.2 Q: What is YNaR1 4.2 A: YNaR1 is a recombinant form of our NaR produced in yeast (short for Yeast Nitrate Reductase version 1). YNaR1 performs virtually identically to our corn NaR but with superior stability at higher temperatures and a longer shelf life. All of our test kits are sold with YNaR1.
