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SUBMITTER: Rohde M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756900 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20201016 52
Nitrogenases reduce N<sub>2</sub> , the most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere that is otherwise resistant to chemical conversions due to its stable triple bond. Vanadium nitrogenase stands out in that it additionally processes carbon monoxide, a known inhibitor of the reduction of all substrates other than H<sup>+</sup> . The reduction of CO leads to the formation of hydrocarbon products, holding the potential for biotechnological applications in analogy to the industrial Fischer-Tropsch p ...[more]