Bacterial-type ferredoxin genes in the nitrogen fixation regions of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 and Rhizobium meliloti.
The nucleotide sequence of a region located downstream of the nifB gene, both in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 and in Rhizobium meliloti, has been determined. This region contains a gene (fdxN) whose predicted polypeptide product strongly resembles typical bacterial ferredoxins. Cyanobacteria have not previously been shown to contain bacterial-type ferredoxins. The presence of this gene suggests that nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria have at least four distinct ferredoxins.
Mulligan
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ME
Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
Buikema
W J
WJ
Haselkorn
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D005288:Ferredoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation / Q000235:genetics; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000235:genetics*
D005288:Ferredoxins; D004247:DNA; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes