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nitrogenase activity

Known as: reduced ferredoxin:dinitrogen oxidoreductase (ATP-hydrolysing) activity 
Catalysis of the reaction: 8 reduced ferredoxin + 8 H+ + nitrogen + 16 ATP = 8 oxidized ferredoxin + 2 NH3 + 16 ADP + 16 phosphate. [EC:1.18.6.1]
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Nitrogenase activity and N2 fixation are stimulated by elevated CO2 in a tropical N2-fixing tree
Abstract Seeds of Gliricidia sepium, a fast-growing woody legume native to seasonal tropical forests of Central America, were… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Posttranslational regulation of nitrogenase in Rhodobacter capsulatus: existence of two independent regulatory effects of ammonium
In the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus, nitrogenase activity is regulated by ADP-ribosylation of component II in… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Frankia vesicles provide inducible and absolute oxygen protection for nitrogenase.
When Frankia HFPCcI3 was grown in culture at oxygen O(2) levels ranging from 2 to 70 kilopascals O(2), under nitrogen fixing… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Nitrogenase from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas capsulata: purification and molecular properties
Nitrogenase proteins were isolated from cultures of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas capsulata grown on a limiting… 
1982
1982
Nitrogen fixation in Klebsiella pneumoniae during osmotic stress. Effect of exogenous proline or a proline overproducing plasmid.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Inhibition of nitrogenase activity by NH+4 in Rhodospirillum rubrum
Nitrogenase activities and the patterns of in vivo inhibition of nitrogenase by NH+4 were compared in Rhodospirillum rubrum grown… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Derepression of nitrogenase activity in glutamine auxotrophs of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata
In contrast to wild-type cells, glutamine auxotrophs of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas capsulata synthesize… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Growth of Spirillum lipoferum at constant partial pressures of oxygen, and the properties of its nitrogenase in cell-free extracts.
Spirillum lipoferum, an N2-fixing organism, was grown at constant concentrations of dissolved O2. When supplied with NH4… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Involvement of oxyleghaemoglobin and cytochrome P-450 in an efficient oxidative phosphorylation pathway which supports nitrogen fixation in Rhizobium.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Photosynthesis and nitrogenase activity in the blue-green alga Gloeocapsa.
In a young culture, photosynthetic-oxygen evolution by Gloeocapsa is at a low level while nitrogenase activity is at its greatest… 
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