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N 2 + 16MgATP 2- + 8e - + 8H + → 2NH 3 + 16MgADP - + 16H 2 PO 4 - + H 2. Complex of the nitrogenase proteins stabilized by ADP-AIF4−. Howard J. B., Rees D. C. PNAS 2006;103:17088-17093. ©2006 by National Academy of Sciences.
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N2+ 16MgATP2- + 8e- + 8H+ → 2NH3 + 16MgADP- + 16H2PO4- + H2
Complex of the nitrogenase proteins stabilized by ADP-AIF4− Howard J. B., Rees D. C. PNAS 2006;103:17088-17093 ©2006 by National Academy of Sciences
Ball-and-stick representation of the nitrogenase metalloclusters Howard J. B., Rees D. C. PNAS 2006;103:17088-17093 ©2006 by National Academy of Sciences
A view of the FeMo cofactor highlighting Fe atoms 2, 3, 6, and 7 (numbering from Protein Data Bank ID code 1M1N), along with MoFe protein amino acids ligands (α-275Cys and α-442His) and the side chains of α-195His and α-70Val Barney B. M. et.al. PNAS 2006;103:17113-17118 ©2006 by National Academy of Sciences
Chatt-Type Mechanism for Single Site Catalysis N2 + 6H+ + 6e-→2NH3
How many metals does it take to fix N2? A mechanistic overview of biological nitrogen fixation James B. Howard*† and Douglas C. Rees†‡ *Department of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455; and ‡Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 114-96, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 November 14; 103(46): 17088–17093. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1859894
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