Another role for CO with nitrogenase? CO stimulates hydrogen evolution catalyzed by variant azotobacter vinelandii Mo-nitrogenases

Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 6151-6160

  Fisher, Karl ^a,b   Hare, Nathan D ^a,c   Newton, William E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Allergy Partners of Lewisburg   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGY; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; PROTONS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; EFFECT OF PH; ELECTRON FLUX; HYDROGEN BONDED NETWORK; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PROTEIN VARIANTS; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; TERMINAL AMINO GROUPS;

PROTEINS;

ARGON; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN; MOFE PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN VARIANT; PROTON; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM IRON PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PH; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; STIMULATION; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; CARBON MONOXIDE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84907855422     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi500546k     Document Type: Article

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