Unification of reaction pathway and kinetic scheme for N 2 reduction catalyzed by nitrogenase

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

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5583-5587

  Lukoyanov, Dmitriy ^a   Yang, Zhi Yong ^b   Barney, Brett M ^b,d   Dean, Dennis R ^c   Seefeldt, Lance C ^b   Hoffman, Brian M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

EPR; ESEEM; Non Kramers

Indexed keywords

HYDRAZINE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN ECHO ENVELOPE MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REDUCTION KINETICS; SPECTROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIOCATALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84859592982     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202197109     Document Type: Article

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