Apodinitrogenase: purification, association with a 20-kilodalton protein, and activation by the iron-molybdenum cofactor in the absence of dinitrogenase reductase.

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The Azotobacter vinelandii mutant strain UW45 contains a mutation in the nifB gene and produces an inactive dinitrogenase protein that can be activated by the addition of purified iron-molybdenum cofactor (FeMoco). This FeMoco-deficient dinitrogenase (Apo I) has now been purified 96-fold to greater than 95% purity and is FeMoco-activatable to 2200 nmol of C2H2 reduced/(min.mg of protein). The Apo I complex was...

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