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I Harvey1, J M Arber, R R Eady, B E Smith, C D Garner, S S Hasnain.
Abstract
Iron K-edge e.x.a.f.s. data for the iron-vanadium cofactor (FeVaco) from Azotobacter chroococcum vanadium nitrogenase reported here provide further evidence for the structural similarity between this and the iron-molybdenum nitrogenase cofactor (FeMoco) from Klebsiella pneumoniae molybdenum nitrogenase [Arber, Flood, Garner, Gormal, Hasnain & Smith (1988) Biochem. J. 252, 421-425]. The e.x.a.f.s. data are consistent with the vanadium being present in a V-Fe-S cluster, thus confirming that the N-methylformamide extract of the VFe protein component of A. chroococcum vanadium nitrogenase does indeed contain a polynuclear metal-sulphur cluster. Additionally, a long Fe-Fe distance is observed as 0.369 nm, demonstrating the presence of a long-range order in the cluster.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2327976 PMCID: PMC1131229
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857