nitrogenase
IPA: nˈaɪtrʌdʒʌneɪz
noun
- (biochemistry) Any enzyme, especially in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, that catalyzes the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.
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Examples of "nitrogenase" in Sentences
- Nitrogenase is expressed under nitrogen limitation.
- This includes the oxygen evolving complex and nitrogenase.
- Azide can be reduced by nitrogenase to N2 and ammonia NH3 .
- Nitrogenase can reduce cyanide to methane and ammonia NH3 .
- Thermodynamics of the mechanism of the nitrogenase reaction.
- All diazotrophs contain iron molybdenum nitrogenase systems.
- Examples include both the 8Fe and the 7Fe clusters in nitrogenase.
- The nif system is responsible the clusters in the enzyme nitrogenase.
- It is capable of photosynthetic hydrogen production via the nitrogenase enzyme.
- The enzyme nitrogenase is one of the few enzymes that can catalyze the process.
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