Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
flavodoxin, Fe protein, nitrogenase, FlpH2, in vivo
College
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Abstract
Nitrogenase, an enzyme system found in a small, diverse group of diazotrophic microorganisms, is responsible for the natural reduction of atmospheric N2 to NH3. Nitrogenase plays a critical role in the earth’s nitrogen cycle and has therefore been a subject of intense study for over thirty five years. Nevertheless, detailed mechanistic explanations of in vivo nitrogenase catalysis remain ambiguous.1
Recommended Citation
Lowery, Tom Jr. and Watt, Dr. Gerarld D.
(2014)
"The Flavodoxin Reduced All-Ferrous Fe Protein in Nitrogenase,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 1130.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/1130