Stepwise formation of P-cluster in nitrogenase MoFe protein

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 44, 2009, Pages 18474-18478

  Lee, Chi Chung ^a   Blank, Michael A ^b   Fay, Aaron W ^a   Yoshizawa, Janice M ^a   Hu, Yilin ^a   Hodgson, Keith O ^b,c   Hedman, Britt ^c   Ribbe, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM IRON PROTEIN; NITROGENASE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN; MUTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; X-RAYS;

EID: 73249125647     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909149106     Document Type: Article

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