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Literature summary for 1.18.6.1 extracted from

  • Mortenson, L.E.
    Purification aof nitrogenase from Clostridium pasteurianum (1972), Methods Enzymol., 24B, 446-456.
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General Stability

General Stability Organism
Fe protein is salt sensitive Clostridium pasteurianum

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Iron
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Clostridium pasteurianum
Molybdenum
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Clostridium pasteurianum

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
additional information
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Clostridium pasteurianum

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
8 reduced ferredoxin + 8 H+ + N2 + 16 ATP + 16 H2O Clostridium pasteurianum
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8 oxidized ferredoxin + H2 + 2 NH3 + 16 ADP + 16 phosphate
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Clostridium pasteurianum
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Oxidation Stability

Oxidation Stability Organism
Fe protein is very O2 sensitive Clostridium pasteurianum

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
strict anaerobic conditions Clostridium pasteurianum

Reaction

Reaction Comment Organism Reaction ID
4 reduced ferredoxin + 8 H+ + N2 + 16 ATP + 16 H2O = 4 oxidized ferredoxin + H2 + 2 NH3 + 16 ADP + 16 phosphate enzyme is composed of 2 metalloproteins: component I MoFe protein and component II Fe protein Clostridium pasteurianum

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
1.2
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purified MoFe protein Clostridium pasteurianum
1.7 2.2 purified Fe protein Clostridium pasteurianum

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
8 reduced ferredoxin + 8 H+ + N2 + 16 ATP + 16 H2O
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Clostridium pasteurianum 8 oxidized ferredoxin + H2 + 2 NH3 + 16 ADP + 16 phosphate
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Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
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Clostridium pasteurianum