Reduction of substrates by nitrogenases

LC Seefeldt, ZY Yang, DA Lukoyanov, DF Harris… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrogenase is the enzyme that catalyzes biological N2 reduction to NH3. This enzyme
achieves an impressive rate enhancement over the uncatalyzed reaction. Given the high …

Structural enzymology of nitrogenase enzymes

O Einsle, DC Rees - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia by nitrogenase reflects a complex choreography
involving two component proteins, MgATP and reductant. At center stage of this process …

Comprehensive insights into synthetic nitrogen fixation assisted by molecular catalysts under ambient or mild conditions

Y Tanabe, Y Nishibayashi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
N2 is fixed as NH3 industrially by the Haber–Bosch process under harsh conditions,
whereas biological nitrogen fixation is achieved under ambient conditions, which has …

The spectroscopy of nitrogenases

C Van Stappen, L Decamps, GE Cutsail III… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrogenases are responsible for biological nitrogen fixation, a crucial step in the
biogeochemical nitrogen cycle. These enzymes utilize a two-component protein system and …

X-ray emission spectroscopy evidences a central carbon in the nitrogenase iron-molybdenum cofactor

KM Lancaster, M Roemelt, P Ettenhuber, Y Hu… - Science, 2011 - science.org
Nitrogenase is a complex enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia.
Despite insight from structural and biochemical studies, its structure and mechanism await …

Reactivity, mechanism, and assembly of the alternative nitrogenases

AJ Jasniewski, CC Lee, MW Ribbe, Y Hu - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biological nitrogen fixation is catalyzed by the enzyme nitrogenase, which facilitates the
cleavage of the relatively inert triple bond of N2. Nitrogenase is most commonly associated …

Greatly Enhanced Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction on TiO2 via V Doping

T Wu, W Kong, Y Zhang, Z Xing, J Zhao, T Wang… - Small …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As a sustainable alternative technology to the Haber–Bosch process, electrochemical N2
reduction offers the hope of directly converting N2 to NH3 at ambient conditions. However …

Metal–Sulfur Compounds in N2 Reduction and Nitrogenase-Related Chemistry

K Tanifuji, Y Ohki - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Transition metal–sulfur (M–S) compounds are an indispensable means for biological
systems to convert N2 into NH3 (biological N2 fixation), and these may have emerged by …

The role of vanadium in biology

D Rehder - Metallomics, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Vanadium is special in at least two respects: on the one hand, the tetrahedral anion
vanadate (v) is similar to the phosphate anion; vanadate can thus interact with various …

A review on catalysts for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic reduction of N 2 to ammonia

S Lin, X Zhang, L Chen, Q Zhang, L Ma, J Liu - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The ammonia (NH3) synthesis industry is significant for many aspects of human progress
and the global economy, especially in the fields of fertilizers, hydrocarbon-free energy …