The in vivo hydrocarbon formation by vanadium nitrogenase follows a secondary metabolic pathway

Nitrogenases reduce inorganic nitrogen to organic ammonia in a crucial step of the nitrogen cycle. Here the authors show that the vanadium-nitrogenase ofAzotobacter vinelandii can also catalyse the in vivoconversion of carbon monoxide to hydrocarbons in a secondary non-biosynthetic pathway.

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Main Authors: Johannes G. Rebelein, Chi Chung Lee, Yilin Hu, Markus W. Ribbe
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c58dd5200f2d477b9325cad1aded23ab
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