New insights into structure-function relationships in nitrogenase: A 1.6 Å resolution X-ray crystallographic study of Klebsiella pneumoniae MoFe-protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 871-891

  Mayer, Suzanne M ^a   Lawson, David M ^a   Gormal, Carol A ^a   Roe, S Mark ^a   Smith, Barry E ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; FeMo cofactor; Nitrogenase; P cluster; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; MOLYBDENUM IRON PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033215327     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3107     Document Type: Article

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