Electron transfer within nitrogenase: Evidence for a deficit-spending mechanism

Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 43, 2011, Pages 9255-9263

  Danyal, Karamatullah ^a   Dean, Dennis R ^b   Hoffman, Brian M ^c   Seefeldt, Lance C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; ATP BINDING; DATA SUPPORT; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESS; FE-PROTEINS; OXIDATION STATE; PREHYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN VARIANTS; STOPPED-FLOW SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TWO-COMPONENT; TWO-ELECTRON TRANSFER; WILD TYPES;

AMINO ACIDS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HYDROLYSIS; PROTEINS; RATE CONSTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CYSTEINE; NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN; NITROGENASE; NUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 80054972869     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi201003a     Document Type: Article

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