Electron transport to nitrogenase in Rhodospirillum rubrum: Identification of a new fdxN gene encoding the primary electron donor to nitrogenase
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- 1 April 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 245 (2) , 345-351
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.femsle.2005.03.024
Abstract
In our efforts to determine the components participating in the electron transport to nitrogenase in Rhodospirillum rubrum, we have identified a gene encoding a new ferredoxin. We have generated mutants in both the new ferredoxin and ferredoxin I and demonstrate that the new ferredoxin, FdN and not the previously identified FdI is the main donor of electrons to nitrogenase.Keywords
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