Oxidative titration of the nitrogenase VFe protein from Azotobacter vinelandii: An example of redox-gated electron flow

Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 479-487

  Tittsworth, Roland C ^a   Hales, Brian J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGENASE; VANADIUM;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; TITRIMETRY;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IRON; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SULFUR; VANADIUM;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030034834     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi951430i     Document Type: Article

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