In vitro activation of dinitrogenase reductase from the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis (ATCC 29413). |
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| Authors: | I B hm, A Halbherr, S Smaglinski, A Ernst, P B ger |
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| Affiliation: | Lehrstuhl für Physiologie und Biochemie Pflanzen, Universit?t Konstanz, Germany. |
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| Abstract: | Nitrogenase of the heterocystous cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis was inactivated in vivo (S. Reich, H. Almon, and P. B?ger, FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 34:53-56, 1986). Partially purified and modified (inactivated) dinitrogenase reductase (Fe-protein) of such cells was reactivated by isolated membrane fractions of A. variabilis or of Rhodospirillum rubrum, and acetylene reduction was measured. Reactivation requires ATP, Mg2+, and Mn2+. The activating principle is localized in the heterocyst and was found effective only when prepared from cells exhibiting active nitrogenase. It also restores the activity of modified Fe-protein from R. rubrum. |
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