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CATH Superfamily 3.40.50.1980

Nitrogenase molybdenum iron protein domain

The name of this superfamily has been modified since the most recent official CATH+ release (v4_2_0). At the point of the last release, this superfamily was named:

"
Nitrogenase molybdenum iron protein domain
".

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FunFam 29443: Nitrogenase protein alpha chain

There are 1 EC terms in this cluster

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EC Term Annotations Evidence
Nitrogenase. [EC: 1.18.6.1]
8 reduced ferredoxin + 8 H(+) + N(2) + 16 ATP + 16 H(2)O = 8 oxidized ferredoxin + H(2) + 2 NH(3) + 16 ADP + 16 phosphate.
  • Composed of two proteins that can be separated but are both required for nitrogenase activity.
  • Dinitrogen reductase is a [4Fe-4S] protein, which, with two molecules of ATP and ferredoxin, generates an electron.
  • The electron is transferred to the other protein, dinitrogenase (molybdoferredoxin).
  • Dinitrogenase is a molybdenum-iron protein that reduces dinitrogen in three succesive two-electron reductions from nitrogen to diimine to hydrazine to two molecules of ammonia; the molybdenum may be replaced by vanadium or iron.
  • The reduction is initiated by formation of hydrogen in stoichiometric amounts.
  • Acetylene is reduced to ethylene (but only very slowly to ethane), azide to nitrogen and ammonia, and cyanide to methane and ammonia.
  • In the absence of a suitable substrate, hydrogen is slowly formed.
  • Ferredoxin may be replaced by flavodoxin (see EC 1.19.6.1).
  • Formerly EC 1.18.2.1.
 2906 A0A011QTR2 A0A011QTR2 A0A011RCS2 A0A011RCS2 A0A023XY58 A0A023XY58 A0A024F8U6 A0A024F8U6 A0A037UUU1 A0A037UUU1
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