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Vanadium nitrogenase reduces CO
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Vanadium nitrogenase reduces CO
Chi Chung Lee et al. Science..
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Vanadium nitrogenase not only reduces dinitrogen to ammonia but also reduces carbon monoxide to ethylene, ethane, and propane. The parallelism between the two reactions suggests a potential link in mechanism and evolution between the carbon and nitrogen cycles on Earth.
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CO-reducing activity of V-nitrogenase. Time-courses of C2H4 (A, upper), C2H6 (B, upper), and C3H8 (C, upper) formation by V- (-
-) and Mo- (-●-) nitrogenases in the presence of 100% CO [Data are presented as the means ± SD (N = 5).]; and GC-MS analysis of C2H4 (A, lower), C2H6 (B, lower), and C3H8 (C, lower) formed by V- (red lines) and Mo- (black lines) nitrogenases in the presence of 100% CO. The products were analyzed with12CO or13CO as the substrate and traced at the followingm/z (lower panels): A,1 and A,2: 28.031; A,3 and A,4: 30.047; B,1 and B,2: 30.047; B,3 and B,4: 32.054; C,1 and C,2: 44.062; C,3 and C,4: 47.073.
-) and Mo- (-●-) nitrogenases in the presence of 100% CO [Data are presented as the means ± SD (N = 5).]; and GC-MS analysis of C2H4 (A, lower), C2H6 (B, lower), and C3H8 (C, lower) formed by V- (red lines) and Mo- (black lines) nitrogenases in the presence of 100% CO. The products were analyzed with12CO or13CO as the substrate and traced at the followingm/z (lower panels): A,1 and A,2: 28.031; A,3 and A,4: 30.047; B,1 and B,2: 30.047; B,3 and B,4: 32.054; C,1 and C,2: 44.062; C,3 and C,4: 47.073.Similar articles
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Alternative substrates of Mo-nitrogenase include alkynes, cyanides, nitriles and nitrogen oxides; whereas alternative substrates of V-nitrogenase have not been studied extensively (
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