pfam08376: NIT (this model, PSSM-Id:400605 is obsolete and has been replaced by 462453)
Nitrate and nitrite sensing
The nitrate- and nitrite sensing domain (NIT) is found in receptor components of signal transducing pathways in bacteria which control gene expression, cellular motility and enzyme activity in response to nitrate and nitrite concentrations. The NIT domain is predicted to be all alpha-helical in structure.