Nitrogen Binding to the FeMo-Cofactor of Nitrogenase

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 51, 2003, Pages 15772-15778

  Schimpl, Johannes ^a   Petrilli, Helena M ^b   Blöchl, Peter E ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

NITROGEN BINDING;

ENZYMES;

IRON DERIVATIVE; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PROTONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0347625745     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0367997     Document Type: Article

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