Refining the pathway of carbide insertion into the nitrogenase M-cluster

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wiig, Jared A ^a   Hu, Yilin ^a   Ribbe, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHYL GROUP; NITROGENASE; NITROGENASE M CLUSTER; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COENZYME; SELENIC ACID;

CARBON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN; IRON; MATURATION; METHYLATION; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; PRECURSOR; TRANSPORT KINETICS; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SELENIC ACID;

EID: 84939131158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9034     Document Type: Article

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