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Overview of physiological, biochemical, and regulatory aspects of nitrogen fixation in Azotobacter vinelandii

Journal Article · · Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA; OSTI
  2. Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
  3. Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
  4. Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
  5. Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA/CSIC), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
  6. Department of Biochemistry, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
  7. Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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Research Organization:
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0018143
OSTI ID:
2422482
Journal Information:
Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Journal Name: Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Journal Issue: 5-6 Vol. 57; ISSN 1040-9238
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Transcriptional Profiling of Nitrogen Fixation in Azotobacter vinelandii journal July 2011
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Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold journal July 2021
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The Nitrogenase FeMo-Cofactor Precursor Formed by NifB Protein: A Diamagnetic Cluster Containing Eight Iron Atoms journal September 2016
Specificity of NifEN and VnfEN for the Assembly of Nitrogenase Active Site Cofactors in Azotobacter vinelandii journal August 2021
Biosynthesis of Nitrogenase Cofactors journal January 2020
The Human Creation and Use of Reactive Nitrogen: A Global and Regional Perspective journal October 2021
VTVH-MCD Study of the Δ nifB Δ nifZ MoFe Protein from Azotobacter vinelandii journal April 2009
Crystal structure of VnfH, the iron protein component of vanadium nitrogenase journal August 2018
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Structure of Precursor-Bound NifEN: A Nitrogenase FeMo Cofactor Maturase/Insertase journal January 2011
Structure of a Cofactor-Deficient Nitrogenase MoFe Protein journal April 2002
X‐Ray Crystallographic Analysis of NifB with a Full Complement of Clusters: Structural Insights into the Radical SAM‐Dependent Carbide Insertion During Nitrogenase Cofactor Assembly journal December 2020
Molybdenum Nitrogenase Catalyzes the Reduction and Coupling of CO to Form Hydrocarbons journal March 2011
A newly discovered role for iron-sulfur clusters journal August 2008
Evidence for one-electron transfer by the Fe protein of nitrogenase journal January 1978
Probing the coordination and function of Fe4S4 modules in nitrogenase assembly protein NifB journal July 2018
The InterPro protein families and domains database: 20 years on journal November 2020
The Critical E 4 State of Nitrogenase Catalysis journal July 2018
Cryo-EM structures provide insight into how E. coli F1Fo ATP synthase accommodates symmetry mismatch journal May 2020
Transcriptional activation of the nitrogenase promoter in vitro: adenosine nucleotides are required for inhibition of NIFA activity by NIFL journal March 1995
Biochemical and genetic analysis of the nifUSVWZM cluster from Azotobacter vinelandii journal October 1989
The Structure and Mechanism of Serine Acetyltransferase from Escherichia coli journal September 2004
The Azotobacter vinelandii nifL-like gene: nucleotide sequence analysis and regulation of expression journal March 1993
On reversible H2 loss upon N2 binding to FeMo-cofactor of nitrogenase journal September 2013

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