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nitrogenase

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Description

Nitrogenase: An enzyme system that catalyzes the fixing of nitrogen in soil bacteria and blue-green algae (CYANOBACTERIA). EC 1.18.6.1. [Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), National Library of Medicine, extracted Dec-2023]

Cross-References

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PubMed CID25199882
MeSH IDM0014904

Synonyms (1)

Synonym
nitrogenase

Research Excerpts

Overview

Nitrogenase is a metalloenzyme system that plays a critical role in biological nitrogen fixation. The study of how its metallocenters are assembled into functional entities to facilitate the catalytic reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia is an active area of interest.

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"Nitrogenase is a versatile metalloenzyme that reduces N"( Radical SAM-dependent formation of a nitrogenase cofactor core on NifB.
Hedman, B; Hodgson, KO; Hu, Y; Lee, CC; Liu, YA; Quechol, R; Ribbe, MW; Solomon, JB, 2022
)
2.44
"Nitrogenase is a fascinating enzyme in biology that reduces dinitrogen from air to ammonia through stepwise reduction and protonation. "( Mechanism of Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia in a Diiron Model of Nitrogenase.
Barchenko, M; de Visser, SP; O'Malley, PJ, 2023
)
2.59
"Nitrogenase is a complex oxidoreductase enzymatic system that includes a catalytic protein (where dinitrogen is reduced) and an electron-transferring reductase protein (termed the Fe protein) that delivers the electrons necessary for dinitrogen fixation."( Nitrogenase Bioelectrochemistry for Synthesis Applications.
Milton, RD; Minteer, SD, 2019
)
2.68
"Nitrogenase is a metalloenzyme system that plays a critical role in biological nitrogen fixation, and the study of how its metallocenters are assembled into functional entities to facilitate the catalytic reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia is an active area of interest. "( Nitrogenase Assembly: Strategies and Procedures.
Hu, Y; Ribbe, MW; Sickerman, NS, 2017
)
3.34
"Nitrogenase is a complex, bacterial enzyme that catalyzes the ATP-dependent reduction of dinitrogen (N"( Conformationally Gated Electron Transfer in Nitrogenase. Isolation, Purification, and Characterization of Nitrogenase From Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus.
Owens, CP; Tezcan, FA, 2018
)
2.18
"Nitrogenase is a complicated two-component enzyme system that uses ATP binding and hydrolysis energy to achieve one of the most difficult chemical reactions in nature, the reduction of N"( Energy Transduction in Nitrogenase.
Antony, E; Beratan, DN; Dean, DR; Hoffman, BM; Peters, JW; Raugei, S; Seefeldt, LC, 2018
)
2.23
"Nitrogenase is an enzyme found in many bacteria and archaea that catalyzes biological dinitrogen fixation, the reduction of N2 to NH3, accounting for the major input of fixed nitrogen into the biogeochemical N cycle. "( Nitrogenase reduction of carbon-containing compounds.
Dean, DR; Duval, S; Seefeldt, LC; Yang, ZY,
)
3.02
"Nitrogenase is a metalloenzyme that is highly complex in structure and uniquely versatile in function. "( Insights into hydrocarbon formation by nitrogenase cofactor homologs.
Hu, Y; Lee, CC; Ribbe, MW, 2015
)
2.13
"Nitrogenase is a versatile metalloenzyme that is capable of catalyzing two important reactions under ambient conditions: the reduction of nitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3), a key step in the global nitrogen cycle; and the reduction of carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) to hydrocarbons, two reactions useful for recycling carbon waste into carbon fuel. "( Biosynthesis of the Metalloclusters of Nitrogenases.
Hu, Y; Ribbe, MW, 2016
)
2.15
"Nitrogenase is an ATP-requiring enzyme capable of carrying out multielectron reductions of inert molecules. "( Light-driven carbon dioxide reduction to methane by nitrogenase in a photosynthetic bacterium.
Dean, DR; Fixen, KR; Harris, DF; Harwood, CS; Seefeldt, LC; Shaw, S; Yang, ZY; Zheng, Y, 2016
)
2.13
"Nitrogenase is an essential metalloenzyme that catalyzes the biological conversion of dinitrogen (N(2)) to ammonia (NH(3)). "( Unique features of the nitrogenase VFe protein from Azotobacter vinelandii.
Hu, Y; Lee, CC; Ribbe, MW, 2009
)
2.11
"Nitrogenase is a globally important enzyme that catalyses the reduction of atmospheric dinitrogen into ammonia and is thus an important part of the nitrogen cycle. "( Electron transfer and half-reactivity in nitrogenase.
Clarke, TA; Eady, RR; Fairhurst, S; Lowe, DJ; Watmough, NJ, 2011
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2.08
"Nitrogenase is a two-component enzyme that catalyzes the nucleotide-dependent reduction of N2 to 2NH3. "( Electron transfer in nitrogenase catalysis.
Dean, DR; Hoffman, BM; Seefeldt, LC, 2012
)
2.14
"Nitrogenase is a multicomponent metalloenzyme that catalyzes the conversion of atmospheric dinitrogen to ammonia. "( Nitrogenase reactivity with P-cluster variants.
Corbett, MC; Fay, AW; Hedman, B; Hodgson, KO; Hu, Y; Ribbe, MW; Webber, JA, 2005
)
3.21
"Nitrogenase is a functionally constant protein catalyzing N2 reduction, which is found in many phylogenetic lineages of Archaea and Bacteria. "( Divergence in nitrogenases of Azoarcus spp., Proteobacteria of the beta subclass.
Egener, T; Hurek, T; Reinhold-Hurek, B, 1997
)
2.1
"Nitrogenase is a complex metalloenzyme composed of two separately purified proteins designated the Fe-protein and the MoFe-protein. "( Genetic analysis on the NifW by utilizing the yeast two-hybrid system revealed that the NifW of Azotobacter vinelandii interacts with the NifZ to form higher-order complexes.
Gavini, N; Lee, SH; Parker, KC; Pulakat, L, 1998
)
1.74
"Nitrogenase is a two-component metalloenzyme that catalyzes a MgATP hydrolysis driven reduction of substrates. "( Redox properties and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy of the transition state complex of Azotobacter vinelandii nitrogenase.
Arendsen, AF; Haaker, H; Hagen, WR; Marritt, SJ; Spee, JH; Wassink, H, 1998
)
1.95

Effects

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"Nitrogenase has been shown to reduce a variety of substrates in addition to N2 and protons."( Carbonyl sulfide and carbon dioxide as new substrates, and carbon disulfide as a new inhibitor, of nitrogenase.
Ensign, SA; Rasche, ME; Seefeldt, LC, 1995
)
1.23

Actions

NNitrogenase enzymes catalyze the reduction of atmospheric dinitrogen to ammonia utilizing a Mo-7Fe-9S-C active site, the so-called FeMoco cluster.

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"Nitrogenases catalyze the reduction of N"( Spectroscopic Characterization of an Eight-Iron Nitrogenase Cofactor Precursor that Lacks the "9
Britt, RD; Hedman, B; Hodgson, KO; Hu, Y; Jasniewski, AJ; Ribbe, MW; Tanifuji, K; Wilcoxen, J, 2019
)
2.21
"Nitrogenases catalyze the reduction of dinitrogen (N"( The structure of vanadium nitrogenase reveals an unusual bridging ligand.
Einsle, O; Sippel, D, 2017
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2.2
"Nitrogenases catalyze the biological fixation of inert N"( Crystal structure of VnfH, the iron protein component of vanadium nitrogenase.
Einsle, O; Gerhardt, S; Rohde, M; Sippel, D; Trncik, C, 2018
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2.16
"Nitrogenase enzymes catalyze the reduction of atmospheric dinitrogen to ammonia utilizing a Mo-7Fe-9S-C active site, the so-called FeMoco cluster. "( X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy Applied to Nitrogenase and Related Models: Experimental Evidence for a Spin-Coupled Molybdenum(III) Center.
DeBeer, S; Einsle, O; Henthorn, JT; Keavney, D; Kowalska, JK; Trncik, C; Van Stappen, C, 2019
)
2.2

Toxicity

The toxic effects of chromium and tin salts on growth, 14C uptake, heterocyst differentiation, and nitrate reductase, nitrogenase, and glutamine synthetase activities of Anabaena doliolum have been studied.

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"The toxic effects of chromium and tin salts on growth, 14C uptake, heterocyst differentiation, and nitrate reductase, nitrogenase, and glutamine synthetase activities of Anabaena doliolum and their regulation by pH, salinity, extracellular metabolites (spent), and organic acids have been studied."( Heavy metal toxicity in a N2-fixing cyanobacterium, Anabaena doliolum: regulation of toxicity by certain environmental factors.
Dubey, SK; Rai, LC, 1990
)
0.49
" Chromium proved to be much more toxic than tin, as it inhibited growth yield (49%), carbon fixation (53%), and nitrate reductase (79%), glutamine synthetase (30%), and nitrogenase activities (77%) at its sublethal concentration, whereas tin induced less inhibition of growth yield (42%), carbon fixation (50%), and nitrate reductase (66%), glutamine synthetase (32."( Protective effects of certain natural and synthetic complexans on the toxicity of chromium and tin to a N2-fixing cyanobacterium, Anabaena doliolum.
Dubey, SK; Rai, LC, 1989
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0.47
" In addition, a toxic effect of the applied pesticides on the nodulation and root growth of the tested plants was observed."( Pesticide side effect on the symbiotic efficiency and nitrogenase activity of Rhizobiaceae bacteria family.
Klama, J; Niewiadomska, A, 2005
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0.58

Bioavailability

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" Metal bioavailability has been shown to limit nitrogen fixation in natural and managed ecosystems."( Essential metals for nitrogen fixation in a free-living N₂-fixing bacterium: chelation, homeostasis and high use efficiency.
Bellenger, JP; Kraepiel, AM; Wichard, T; Xu, Y, 2011
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0.37
" This result was obtained even though the bioavailability of Fe was maintained at a constant level by increasing the total Fe concentration at low pH."( Ocean acidification slows nitrogen fixation and growth in the dominant diazotroph Trichodesmium under low-iron conditions.
Kim, JM; Kranz, SA; Morel, FM; Shi, D, 2012
)
0.38
" The activity of these isozymes strongly depends on their metal cofactors, molybdenum, vanadium and iron, and their bioavailability in ecosystems."( Effect of organic matter on nitrogenase metal cofactors homeostasis in Azotobacter vinelandii under diazotrophic conditions.
Bellenger, JP; Burrus, V; Darnajoux, R; Deicke, M; Noumsi, CJ; Pourhassan, N; Wichard, T, 2016
)
0.73

Dosage Studied

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" Higher NaCl dosage of 150 and 200 mmol l -1 limited its growth and drastically affected the nitrogenase activity and the enzymes glucose dehydrogenase, alcohol dehydrogenase, fumarase, isocitrate dehydrogenase and malate dehydrogenase."( Effect of some abiotic factors on the biological activity of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus.
González-López, J; Lluch, C; Ortega, E; Tejera, NA, 2003
)
0.54
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Research

Studies (2,577)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-1990849 (32.95)18.7374
1990's454 (17.62)18.2507
2000's505 (19.60)29.6817
2010's558 (21.65)24.3611
2020's211 (8.19)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 57.05

According to the monthly volume, diversity, and competition of internet searches for this compound, as well the volume and growth of publications, there is estimated to be very strong demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index57.05 (24.57)
Research Supply Index7.89 (2.92)
Research Growth Index4.57 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index98.71 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index2.00 (0.95)

This Compound (57.05)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials0 (0.00%)5.53%
Reviews222 (8.31%)6.00%
Case Studies0 (0.00%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other2,448 (91.69%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]