Nitrogenase (flavodoxin) (EC 1.19.6.1) is an enzyme with systematic name reduced flavodoxin:dinitrogen oxidoreductase (ATP-hydrolysing).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| Nitrogenase (flavodoxin) | |||||||||
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| EC no. | 1.19.6.1 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 2598062 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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- 6 reduced flavodoxin + 6 H+ + N2 + n ATP 6 oxidized flavodoxin + 2 NH3 + n ADP + n phosphate
The enzyme is a complex of two proteins containing iron-sulfur centres and molybdenum.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Zumft WG, Mortenson LE (March 1975). "The nitrogen-fixing complex of bacteria". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Bioenergetics. 416 (1): 1–52. doi:10.1016/0304-4173(75)90012-9. PMID 164247.
External links
edit- Nitrogenase+(flavodoxin) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
