Sentences with phrase «called nitrogenase»

The enzyme responsible for natural nitrogen fixation is called nitrogenase.

The researchers found that the organisms turned on three genes for an enzyme called nitrogenase, which aids nitrogen fixation.

Some microbes have evolved proteins called nitrogenases that can split apart nitrogen molecules in the air and weld that nitrogen to hydrogen to make ammonia and other compounds that plants can absorb to get their nitrogen.

In certain organisms, ammonia is produced from atmospheric nitrogen (N2) by enzymes called nitrogenases.

Not exact matches

Thus, in addition to the so - called «Haber - Bosch process of nitrogen fixation,» nitrogenase also stimulates a reaction corresponding to the «Fischer - Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons,» which can be used on a large scale to synthesize fuels, for instance from industrial waste gases..

Nocera and his colleagues turned to a microbe called Xanthobacter autotrophicus, which naturally harbors a nitrogenase enzyme.

Roughly 10 percent of these nitrogen - fixing microorganisms contain the genetic code for manufacturing a back - up enzyme, called iron iron - only nitrogenase, to do their job.