Diazene (HN=NH) is a substrate for nitrogenase: Insights into the pathway of N2 reduction

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6784-6794

  Barney, Brett M ^a   McClead, Jammi ^a   Lukoyanov, Dmitriy ^b   Laryukhin, Mikhail ^b   Yang, Tran Chin ^b   Dean, Dennis R ^c   Hoffman, Brian M ^b   Seefeldt, Lance C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ELECTRONS; HYDRAZINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; PROTONS; REDUCTION;

DIAZENE; METAL CLUSTERS; NITROGENASE CATALYZES;

ENZYMES;

ALANINE; AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE; HYDRAZINE; IMIDE; IRON DERIVATIVE; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGENASE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FREEZING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; PROTON TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; STEADY STATE; WILD TYPE;

AMMONIA; IMIDES; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250158429     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi062294s     Document Type: Article

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