Mutations affecting nitrogenase switch-off in Rhodobacter capsulatus.

doi:10.1016/0167-4838(92)90145-4

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Mutations affecting nitrogenase switch-off in Rhodobacter capsulatus.

Biochimica et biophysica acta - 9 Jan 1992

Hallenbeck P C

Abstract excerpt

In vivo 'switch-off' and subsequent reactivation of nitrogenase activity in Rhodobacter capsulatus or Rhodospirillum rubrum in response to a variety of environmental stimuli, including the addition of fixed nitrogen, is thought to be due to the action of two nitrogenase Fe protein modifying activ...

Topics

ADP Ribose Transferases
Blotting, Western
Cations, Divalent
Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Enzyme Activation
Genes, Bacterial
Glycoside Hydrolases
Iron
Manganese
Mutation
N-Glycosyl Hydrolases
Plasmids
Rhodobacter capsulatus
Rhodospirillum rubrum

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