Publication Date:
1992-11-06
Description:
Electron transfer in nitrogenase involves a gating process initiated by MgATP (magnesium adenosine triphosphate) binding to Fe-protein. The redox site, an 4Fe:4S cluster, is structurally separated from the MgATP binding site. For MgATP hydrolysis to be coupled to electron transfer, a signal transduction mechanism is proposed that is similar to that in guanosine triphosphatase proteins. Based on the three-dimensional structure of Fe-protein, Asp125 is likely to be part of a putative transduction path. Altered Fe-protein with Glu replacing Asp has been prepared and retains the ability for the initial nucleotide-dependent conformational change. However, either MgADP or MgATP can induce the shift and Mg binding to the nucleotide is no longer essential.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wolle, D -- Dean, D R -- Howard, J B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Nov 6;258(5084):992-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1359643" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adenosine Diphosphate/metabolism
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Adenosine Triphosphate/*metabolism
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Aspartic Acid/*metabolism
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Azotobacter vinelandii/enzymology
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Binding Sites
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Crystallization
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Electron Transport
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Glutamates
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Glutamic Acid
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Iron-Sulfur Proteins/*metabolism
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Molecular Structure
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Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
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Nitrogenase/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Protein Conformation
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Signal Transduction/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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