| Entry |
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| Name |
nitrogenase (flavodoxin) |
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| Class |
Oxidoreductases;
Acting on reduced flavodoxin as donor;
With dinitrogen as acceptor
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| Sysname |
reduced flavodoxin:dinitrogen oxidoreductase (ATP-hydrolysing) |
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| Reaction(IUBMB) |
6 reduced flavodoxin + 6 H+ + N2 + n ATP = 6 oxidized flavodoxin + 2
NH3 + n ADP + n phosphate [RN:R05186] |
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| Reaction(KEGG) |
R05186
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| Substrate |
reduced flavodoxin [CPD:C02745];
H+ [CPD:C00080];
N2 [CPD:C00697];
ATP [CPD:C00002] |
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| Product |
oxidized flavodoxin [CPD:C02869];
NH3 [CPD:C00014];
ADP [CPD:C00008];
phosphate [CPD:C00009] |
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| Cofactor |
Molybdenum [CPD:C00150];
Iron-sulfur [CPD:C00824] |
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| Comment |
The enzyme is a complex of two proteins containing iron-sulfur
centres and molybdenum. |
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| Pathway |
PATH: ec00910 Nitrogen metabolism
PATH: ec01100 Metabolic pathways |
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| Orthology |
KO: K00536 nitrogenase (flavodoxin) |
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| Genes |
BCZ: BCZK1264(fldA) BCZK3250
BTK: BT9727_3300
AFU: AF2332
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Reference
Authors
Title
Journal
Organism
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1 [PMID:164247]
Zumft WG, Mortenson LE.
The nitrogen-fixing complex of bacteria.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 416 (1975) 1-52.
Azotobacter vinelandii [GN:avn], Klebsiella pneumoniae, Glycine max,
Azotobacter chroococcum, Bacillus polymyxa, Clostridium pasteurianum |
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| Other DBs |
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 1.19.6.1
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature: 1.19.6.1
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 1.19.6.1
BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: 1.19.6.1
CAS: 9013-04-1 |
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