title: Vanadium nitrogenase reduces CO.
abstract: Vanadium nitrogenase not only reduces dinitrogen to ammonia but also reduces carbon monoxide to ethylene, ethane, and propane. The parallelism between the two reactions suggests a potential link in mechanism and evolution between the carbon and nitrogen cycles on Earth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3900, USA.
authors.forename: Chi Chung
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yilin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Markus W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Ribbe
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D016948:Azotobacter vinelandii / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D055162:Biocatalysis; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D004980:Ethane / Q000378:metabolism; D005030:Ethylenes / Q000378:metabolism; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D009591:Nitrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011407:Propane / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005030:Ethylenes; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D006859:Hydrogen; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C036216:ethylene; D009591:Nitrogenase; D004980:Ethane; D009584:Nitrogen; D011407:Propane