Intermediates trapped during nitrogenase reduction of N≡N, CH 3-N=NH, and H2N-NH2

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 43, 2005, Pages 14960-14961

  Barney, Brett M ^a   Yang, Tran Chin ^c   Igarashi, Robert Y ^a   Dos Santos, Patricia C ^b   Laryukhin, Mikhail ^c   Lee, Hong In ^c,d   Hoffman, Brian M ^c   Dean, Dennis R ^b   Seefeldt, Lance C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME METABOLISM; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMIDES; AMINES; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 27544492629     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0539342     Document Type: Article

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