The interstitial atom of the nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor: ENDOR and ESEEM evidence that it is not a nitrogen

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 37, 2005, Pages 12804-12805

  Yang, Tran Chin ^a   Maeser, Nathan K ^b   Laryukhin, Mikhail ^a   Lee, Hong In ^c   Dean, Dennis R ^d   Seefeldt, Lance C ^b   Hoffman, Brian M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON; IRON; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; OXYGEN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING SITE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON NUCLEAR DOUBLE RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN ECHO MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN; NITROGENASE;

EID: 25144493215     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0552489     Document Type: Article

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