Journal of inorganic biochemistry
The oxygen sensitivity of [4Fe-4S] clusters on the nitrogenase scaffold protein NifU.
Trevor D Rapson, Xueqin Wang, Jessica K Bilyj, Christina M Gregg, Ingrid Venables, Anu Mathew, Julien Langley, Nicholas Cox, Guy N L Jameson, Craig C Wood
Published: 202610.1016/j.jinorgbio.2026.113224
Abstract
The extreme oxygen sensitivity of nitrogenase enzymes poses a major obstacle to their use in biotechnology, particularly in engineering nitrogen-fixing plants. While the vulnerability of nitrogenase components NifH and NifDK to oxygen is well establi…
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