Nitrogen Fixation: The Mechanism of the Mo-Dependent Nitrogenase

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-384

  Igarashi, Robert Y ^a   Seefeldt, Lance C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; FeS cluster; Metalloenzyme; MgATP; Nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; IRON; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0142106006     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230391036766     Document Type: Review

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