ATP-independent substrate reduction by nitrogenase P-cluster variant

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

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 6922-6926

  Lee, Chi Chung ^a   Hu, Yilin ^a   Ribbe, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CN ; CO; CO2; Fischer tropsch

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALKANE; ALKENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYANIDE; ETHYLENE; EUROPIUM; HYDRAZINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; PENTETIC ACID; PROTEIN MOFE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; KINETICS; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860789005     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202429109     Document Type: Article

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