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Competitive 15N kinetic isotope effects of nitrogenase-catalyzed dinitrogen reduction. 2004

Amandeep K Sra, and Yilin Hu, and Glen E Martin, and Daniel D Snow, and Markus W Ribbe, and Amnon Kohen
Department of Chemistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.

Biological N2 fixation is achieved under ambient conditions by enzymatic catalysis. The enzyme nitrogenase has been studied extensively, but the N2 chemical reduction step is, by far, not rate limiting and hard to examine. A new method was developed that allows studying the reduction transition state within the enzyme's complex kinetic cascade by means of the 15N kinetic isotope effect on the reaction's second-order rate constant, V/K. A value of 1.7% +/- 0.2% was measured.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D009584 Nitrogen An element with the atomic symbol N, atomic number 7, and atomic weight [14.00643; 14.00728]. Nitrogen exists as a diatomic gas and makes up about 78% of the earth's atmosphere by volume. It is a constituent of proteins and nucleic acids and found in all living cells.
D009586 Nitrogen Fixation The process in certain BACTERIA; FUNGI; and CYANOBACTERIA converting free atmospheric NITROGEN to biologically usable forms of nitrogen, such as AMMONIA; NITRATES; and amino compounds. Diazotrophy,Diazotrophic Activity,Dinitrogen Fixation,N2 Fixation,Activities, Diazotrophic,Activity, Diazotrophic,Diazotrophic Activities,Fixation, Dinitrogen,Fixation, N2,Fixation, Nitrogen
D009587 Nitrogen Isotopes Stable nitrogen atoms that have the same atomic number as the element nitrogen but differ in atomic weight. N-15 is a stable nitrogen isotope. Nitrogen Isotope,Isotope, Nitrogen,Isotopes, Nitrogen
D009591 Nitrogenase An enzyme system that catalyzes the fixing of nitrogen in soil bacteria and blue-green algae (CYANOBACTERIA). EC 1.18.6.1. Dinitrogenase,Vanadium Nitrogenase,Nitrogenase, Vanadium
D010084 Oxidation-Reduction A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471). Redox,Oxidation Reduction
D002384 Catalysis The facilitation of a chemical reaction by material (catalyst) that is not consumed by the reaction. Catalyses
D016948 Azotobacter vinelandii A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria first isolated from soil in Vineland, New Jersey. Ammonium and nitrate are used as nitrogen sources by this bacterium. It is distinguished from other members of its genus by the ability to use rhamnose as a carbon source. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed) Azotobacter miscellum

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