«Multi-omic Dynamics Associate Oxygenic Photosynthesis
with Nitrogenase - mediated H2 production in Cyanothece sp..
Not exact matches
Vanadium
nitrogenase found in soil bacteria can in its natural setting perform the same synthesis that is only possible in industrial processes
with the aid of extreme pressures and high temperatures.
The catalytic center of vanadium
nitrogenase: an iron - vanadium cofactor
with an unusual carbonate ligand.
Keeping that in mind, Holland and his team designed a new compound
with two distinct properties found in
nitrogenase: large shielding groups of atoms that prevented undesired reactions, and a weak iron - sulfur bond that could break easily upon the addition of electrons.
Yale chemistry professor Patrick Holland and his team designed a new chemical compound
with key properties that help to explain
nitrogenase.
They possess the enzyme
nitrogenase, which combines nitrogen
with hydrogen to form ammonium.
The bacteria harvest H2 from their PHB store and use their
nitrogenase to combine it
with nitrogen from the air to make ammonia, the starting material for fertilizer.
The program focuses on development of transition - metal complexes that are inspired by the natural photosynthetic enzymes such as
nitrogenases, hydrogenases, and the oxygen - evolving complex of photosystem II
with the goal of designing catalysts that are chemically stable, active, and highly selective for specific chemical targets.