Modular electron-transport chains from eukaryotic organelles function to support nitrogenase activity

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

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2017, Pages E2460-E2465

  Yang, Jianguo ^a   Xie, Xiaqing ^a   Yang, Mingxuan ^a   Dixon, Ray ^b   Wang, Yi Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron transport; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase engineering; Plant organelles

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; ANABAENA; ENZYMOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANABAENA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGENASE; ORGANELLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 85016105054     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620058114     Document Type: Article

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