Variable-temperature, variable-field magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopic study of the metal clusters in the ΔnifB and ΔnifH MoFe proteins of nitrogenase from Azotobacter vinelandii

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 50, 2006, Pages 15039-15048

  Broach, Robyn B ^b   Rupnik, Kresimir ^b   Hu, Yilin ^a   Fay, Aaron W ^a   Cotton, Marcia ^b   Ribbe, Markus W ^a   Hales, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INTEGER SPIN STATE; METAL CLUSTER STRUCTURES; NITROGENASE; OXIDIZED STATES;

ENZYMES;

DITHIONITE; FERROUS SULFATE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; METAL COMPLEX; MOLYBDENUM IRON PROTEIN; NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EXTENDED FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DELETION; MAGNETISM; NIFB GENE; NIFH GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; VARIABLE FIELD MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOY;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE DELETION; HEAT; IRON; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SULFIDES;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 33845598693     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi061697p     Document Type: Article

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