Overview of physiological, biochemical, and regulatory aspects of nitrogen fixation in Azotobacter vinelandii

Understanding how Nature accomplishes the reduction of inert nitrogen gas to form metabolically tractable ammonia at ambient temperature and pressure has challenged scientists for more than a century. Such an understanding is a key aspect toward accomplishing the transfer of the genetic determinants of biological nitrogen fixation to crop plants as well as for the development of improved synthetic catalysts based on the biological mechanism. Over the past 30 years, the free-living nitrogen-fixing bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii emerged as a preferred model organism for mechanistic, structural, genetic, and physiological studies aimed at understanding biological nitrogen fixation. This review provides a contemporary overview of these studies and places them within the context of their historical development.

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Main Authors:	Martin Del Campo, Julia S., Rigsbee, Jack, Bueno Batista, Marcelo, Mus, Florence, Rubio, Luis M., Einsle, O., Peters, John W., Dixon, Ray, Dean, Dennis R., Dos Santos, Patricia C.
Other Authors:	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK)
Format:	artículo de revisión biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2023-03-06
Subjects:	Azotobacter vinelandii, Fe protein, MoFe protein, Iron-only nitrogenase, Nitrogen fixation, Nitrogenase, Respiratory protection, Vanadium nitrogenase,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10261/330284 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000288 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000268 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000199 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000015 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85149854610
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