Classifying the metal dependence of uncharacterized nitrogenases

Nitrogenase enzymes have evolved complex iron-sulfur (Fe-S) containing cofactors that most commonly contain molybdenum (MoFe, Nif) as a heterometal but also exist as vanadium (VFe, Vnf) and heterometal independent (Fe-only, Anf) forms. All three varieties are capable of the reduction of dinitrogen...

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Main Authors: Shawn E Mcglynn, Eric S Boyd, John W. Peters, Victoria J Orphan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00419/full