Vanadium nitrogenase reduces CO.

ABSTRACT: Vanadium nitrogenase not only reduces dinitrogen to ammonia but also reduces carbon monoxide to ethylene, ethane, and propane. The parallelism between the two reactions suggests a potential link in mechanism and evolution between the carbon and nitrogen cycles on Earth.

SUBMITTER: Lee CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3141295 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature