nitrogenase

IPA: nˈaɪtrʌdʒʌneɪz

(biochemistry) Any enzyme, especially in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, that catalyzes the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.

Examples of "nitrogenase" in Sentences

Mycorrhiza-soil fertility effects on regrowth, nodulation, and nitrogenase activity of siratro (Macroptilium artropurpureum (DC) Urb.).
Time will tell whether these findings are relevant to how dinitrogen is reduced to ammonia in nature on a huge scale by nitrogenase enzymes.
In fact, this was in fact used in one of my favorite ID hypothesis, that the nitrogenase was used to terraform earth for the purpose of seeding life.
Only a very limited number of organisms that possess nitrogenase, the enzyme able to cleave N2 at ambient temperature and at normal pressure, can perform this conversion.
Fortunately, natural selection has already devised the perfect solution: a bacterial enzyme known as nitrogenase, which can fix nitrogen at room temperature using only a collection of metal ions, including the unusual molybdenum ion, and a hefty dose of energy-giving ATP.