El átomo intersticial de la nitrogenasa FeMo-cofactor: ENDOR y ESEEM muestran que no es un nitrógeno intercambiable

Hong-In Lee1, Paul M C Benton, Mikhail Laryukhin

  • 1Department of Chemistry Education, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Korea. leehi@knu.ac.kr

Resumen

Este estudio investigó si una misteriosa "especie X" en el sitio activo de la nitrogenasa intercambia átomos de nitrógeno durante la reducción de N2. Los resultados no muestran intercambio de nitrógeno, lo que sugiere que la especie X no se deriva de N2.

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