Cleaving the N,N Triple Bond: The Transformation of Dinitrogen to Ammonia by Nitrogenases - The Metal-Driven Biogeochemistry of Gaseous Compounds in the Environment - page 169

Abbreviations

adenosine 5 0 -diphosphate

ADP

5 0 -adenylyl ( AMPPCP ʲ , γ -methylene) diphosphonate

adenosine 5 0 -triphosphate ATP

ENDOR electron nuclear double resonance

EPR electron paramagnetic resonance

ESEEM electron spin-echo envelope modulation

EXAFS extended X-ray fine structure

FeMoco iron molybdenum cofactor

FeVCo iron vanadium cofactor

GC-MS gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

HYSCORE hyperfine sublevel correlation

IDS indigodisulfonate

NHE normal hydrogen electrode

NMF N -methylformamide

PDB Protein Data Bank

P i inorganic phosphate

SOD superoxide dismutase

XAS X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Acknowledgment Work in our laboratory is supported by National Institute of Health Grant
GM-67626 (MWR) and Herman Frasch Foundation Grant 617-HF07 (MWR).

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