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Classifying the metal dependence of uncharacterized nitrogenases [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2013 Nitrogenase enzymes have evolved complex iron-sulfur (Fe-S) containing cofactors that most commonly contain molybdenum (MoFe, Nif) as a heterometal but also exist as vanadium (VFe, Vnf) and heterometal independent (Fe-only, Anf) forms.
Shawn E Mcglynn +3 more
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mBio, 2022 Engineering plants to synthesize nitrogenase and assimilate atmospheric N2 will reduce crop dependency on industrial N fertilizers. This technology can be achieved by expressing prokaryotic nitrogen fixation gene products for the assembly of a functional
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MicrobiologyOpen, 2020 The photosynthetic α‐proteobacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus reduces and thereby fixes atmospheric dinitrogen (N2) by a molybdenum (Mo)‐nitrogenase and an iron‐only (Fe)‐nitrogenase.
Lisa Demtröder +2 more
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Nitrogenase activity associated with codium species from New Zealand marine habitats [PDF]
, 1978 Nitrogenase activity, measured as acetylene reduction, was recorded at rates up to 1028 nmol.h \g * dry weight for Codium adhaerens (Cabr.) Ag. var. convolutum Dellow and Codium fragile (Sur.) Hariot subsp.
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Nitrogenase resurrection and the evolution of a singular enzymatic mechanism
eLife, 2023 The planetary biosphere is powered by a suite of key metabolic innovations that emerged early in the history of life. However, it is unknown whether life has always followed the same set of strategies for performing these critical tasks.
Amanda K Garcia +6 more
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Electron Transfer Precedes ATP Hydrolysis during Nitrogenase Catalysis [PDF]
, 2013 The biological reduction of N2 to NH3 catalyzed by Mo-dependent nitrogenase requires at least eight rounds of a complex cycle of events associated with ATP-driven electron transfer (ET) from the Fe protein to the catalytic MoFe protein, with each ET ...
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An alternative path for the evolution of biological nitrogen fixation
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2011 Nitrogenase catalyzed nitrogen fixation is the process by which life converts dinitrogen gas into fixed nitrogen in the form of bioavailable ammonia. The most common form of nitrogenase today requires a complex metal cluster containing molybdenum (Mo ...
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Food and Energy Security, 2023 Soybean is a rich source of protein and oil for humans. It forms a symbiotic association with rhizobia to fix atmospheric nitrogen for its growth and development. Rhizobial type‐III effectors act as important signaling molecules in symbiosis.
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Nitrogenase and homologs [PDF]
JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2014 Nitrogenase catalyzes biological nitrogen fixation, a key step in the global nitrogen cycle. Three homologous nitrogenases have been identified to date, along with several structural and/or functional homologs of this enzyme that are involved in nitrogenase assembly, bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis and methanogenic process, respectively.
Hu, Yilin, Ribbe, Markus W
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Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, 2013 Nitrogenase contains two unique metalloclusters: the P-cluster and the M-cluster. The assembly processes of P- and M-clusters are arguably the most complicated processes in bioinorganic chemistry. There is considerable interest in decoding the biosynthetic mechanisms of the P- and M-clusters, because these clusters are not only biologically important ...
Hu, Yilin, Ribbe, Markus W.
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