| Literature DB >> 23963815 |
Limei Zhang1, Jens T Kaiser, Gabriele Meloni, Kun-Yun Yang, Thomas Spatzal, Susana L A Andrade, Oliver Einsle, James B Howard, Douglas C Rees.
Abstract
Another iron in the fire: X-ray anomalous diffraction studies on the nitrogenase MoFe protein show the presence of a mononuclear iron site, designated as Fe16, which was previously identified as either Ca(2+) or Mg(2+). The position of the absorption edge indicates that this site is in the oxidation state +2. The high sequence conservation of the residues coordinated to Fe16 emphasizes the potential importance of the site in nitrogenase.Entities:
Keywords: iron; metalloproteins; multiple-wavelength anomalous diffraction; nitrogen fixation; nitrogenases
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23963815 PMCID: PMC3891402 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303877
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336