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narQb2469sensor for nitrate reductase system, protein histidine kinase (acts on NarP and narL) EG11460 FUNCTION: ACTS AS A SENSOR FOR NITRATE/NITRITE AND TRANSDUCES SIGNAL OF NITRATE/NITRITE AVAILABILITY TO THE NARL/NARP PROTEINS. NARQ PROBABLY ACTIVATES NARL AND NARP BY PHOSPHORYLATION. NARQ PROBABLY NEGATIVELY REGULATES THE NARL PROTEIN BY DEPHOSPHORYLATION. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN. INNER MEMBRANE (PROBABLE). SIMILARITY: TO OTHER PROKARYOTIC SENSORY TRANSDUCTION HISTIDINE KINASES.