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Abstract
Nitrogenase catalyzes biological nitrogen fixation, a key step in the global nitrogen cycle. Three homologous nitrogenases have been identified to date, along with several structural and/or functional homologs of this enzyme that are involved in nitrogenase assembly, bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis and methanogenic process, respectively. In this article, we provide an overview of the structures and functions of nitrogenase and its homologs, which highlights the similarity and disparity of this uniquely versatile group of enzymes.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25491285 PMCID: PMC4336585 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-014-1225-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Inorg Chem ISSN: 0949-8257 Impact factor: 3.358