A Mössbauer spectroscopic investigation of the redox behaviour of the molybdenum-iron protein from Klebsiella pneumoniae nitrogenase. Mechanistic and structural implications
- 1 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 191 (2) , 449-455
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1910449
Abstract
The redox properties of the nitrogenase Mo-Fe protein from Klebsiella pneumoniae have been monitored by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy between -460 and -160mV (relative to the normal hydrogen electrode). Two redox processes associated with the atoms of the protein were observed. One at -216mV (pH 8.7) was associated with the Fe-Mo cofactor centres in the protein and allowed identification of the Mössbauer parameters of the oxidized form of these centres. The other redox process at -340mV (pH 8.7) was associated with species M5 [Smith & Lang (1974) Biochem. J. 137, 169-180]. This latter redox process may be involved in enzyme turnover. The oxidized form of species M5 interacts magnetically with species M4. The structural implications of the data have been considered in relation to other published data. It is concluded that an unequivocal assignment of the M4 and M5 atoms to Fe-S cluster types is not yet possible.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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