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Vanadium Nitrogenase Reduces CO

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Science

DOI: 10.1126/science.1191455

Authors: Chi Chung Lee, Yilin Hu, Markus W. Ribbe

Institution: University of California, Irvine

Language: English

Topic: Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins

Subfield: Biochemistry

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of General Medical Sciences