Search Results - "Peters, John W."

Light-driven dinitrogen reduction catalyzed by a CdS:nitrogenase MoFe protein biohybrid by Brown, Katherine A., Harris, Derek F., Wilker, Molly B., Rasmussen, Andrew, Khadka, Nimesh, Hamby, Hayden, Keable, Stephen, Dukovic, Gordana, Peters, John W., Seefeldt, Lance C., King, Paul W.

“…The splitting of dinitrogen (N₂) and reduction to ammonia (NH₃) is a kinetically complex and energetically challenging multistep reaction. In the Haber-Bosch…”
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New insights into the evolutionary history of biological nitrogen fixation by Boyd, Eric S, Peters, John W

“…Nitrogenase, which catalyzes the ATP-dependent reduction of dinitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3), accounts for roughly half of the bioavailable nitrogen supporting…”
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Emerging Paradigms for Complex Iron-Sulfur Cofactor Assembly and Insertion by Peters, John W, Broderick, Joan B

“…[FeFe]-hydrogenses and molybdenum (Mo)-nitrogenase are evolutionarily unrelated enzymes with unique complex iron-sulfur cofactors at their active sites. The H…”
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Metabolic Model of the Nitrogen-Fixing Obligate Aerobe Azotobacter vinelandii Predicts Its Adaptation to Oxygen Concentration and Metal Availability by Alleman, Alexander B, Mus, Florence, Peters, John W

“…There is considerable interest in promoting biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) as a mechanism to reduce the inputs of nitrogenous fertilizers in agriculture,…”
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Insights into [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Structure, Mechanism, and Maturation by Mulder, David W., Shepard, Eric M., Meuser, Jonathan E., Joshi, Neelambari, King, Paul W., Posewitz, Matthew C., Broderick, Joan B., Peters, John W.

“…Hydrogenases are metalloenzymes that are key to energy metabolism in a variety of microbial communities. Divided into three classes based on their metal…”
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Electron Transfer to Nitrogenase in Different Genomic and Metabolic Backgrounds by Poudel, Saroj, Colman, Daniel R, Fixen, Kathryn R, Ledbetter, Rhesa N, Zheng, Yanning, Pence, Natasha, Seefeldt, Lance C, Peters, John W, Harwood, Caroline S, Boyd, Eric S

“…Nitrogenase catalyzes the reduction of dinitrogen (N ) using low-potential electrons from ferredoxin (Fd) or flavodoxin (Fld) through an ATP-dependent process…”
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Molecular evidence for an active endogenous microbiome beneath glacial ice by Hamilton, Trinity L, Peters, John W, Skidmore, Mark L, Boyd, Eric S

“…Geologic, chemical and isotopic evidence indicate that Earth has experienced numerous intervals of widespread glaciation throughout its history, with roughly…”
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Investigations on the Role of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Hydrogen Activation by [FeFe]-Hydrogenase by Mulder, David W, Ratzloff, Michael W, Bruschi, Maurizio, Greco, Claudio, Koonce, Evangeline, Peters, John W, King, Paul W

“…Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) is a fundamental process at the core of oxidation–reduction reactions for energy conversion. The [FeFe]-hydrogenases…”
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Electron Bifurcation: Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Two-Electron Brokering in Biological Redox Chemistry by Zhang, Peng, Yuly, Jonathon L, Lubner, Carolyn E, Mulder, David W, King, Paul W, Peters, John W, Beratan, David N

“…Conspectus How can proteins drive two electrons from a redox active donor onto two acceptors at very different potentials and distances? And how can this…”
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Defining Electron Bifurcation in the Electron-Transferring Flavoprotein Family by Garcia Costas, Amaya M, Poudel, Saroj, Miller, Anne-Frances, Schut, Gerrit J, Ledbetter, Rhesa N, Fixen, Kathryn R, Seefeldt, Lance C, Adams, Michael W W, Harwood, Caroline S, Boyd, Eric S, Peters, John W

“…Electron bifurcation is the coupling of exergonic and endergonic redox reactions to simultaneously generate (or utilize) low- and high-potential electrons. It…”
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Dithiomethylether as a Ligand in the Hydrogenase H-Cluster by Pandey, Arti S, Harris, Travis V, Giles, Logan J, Peters, John W, Szilagyi, Robert K

“…An X-ray crystallographic refinement of the H-cluster of [FeFe]-hydrogenase from Clostridium pasteurianum has been carried out to close-to atomic resolution…”
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Tuning Catalytic Bias of Hydrogen Gas Producing Hydrogenases by Artz, Jacob H, Zadvornyy, Oleg A, Mulder, David W, Keable, Stephen M, Cohen, Aina E, Ratzloff, Michael W, Williams, S. Garrett, Ginovska, Bojana, Kumar, Neeraj, Song, Jinhu, McPhillips, Scott E, Davidson, Catherine M, Lyubimov, Artem Y, Pence, Natasha, Schut, Gerrit J, Jones, Anne K, Soltis, S. Michael, Adams, Michael W. W, Raugei, Simone, King, Paul W, Peters, John W

“…Hydrogenases display a wide range of catalytic rates and biases in reversible hydrogen gas oxidation catalysis. The interactions of the iron–sulfur-containing…”
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Evolution of molybdenum nitrogenase during the transition from anaerobic to aerobic metabolism by Boyd, Eric S, Costas, Amaya M Garcia, Hamilton, Trinity L, Mus, Florence, Peters, John W

“…Molybdenum nitrogenase (Nif), which catalyzes the reduction of dinitrogen to ammonium, has modulated the availability of fixed nitrogen in the biosphere since…”
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The role of geochemistry and energetics in the evolution of modern respiratory complexes from a proton-reducing ancestor by Schut, Gerrit J., Zadvornyy, Oleg, Wu, Chang-Hao, Peters, John W., Boyd, Eric S., Adams, Michael W.W.

“…Complex I or NADH quinone oxidoreductase (NUO) is an integral component of modern day respiratory chains and has a close evolutionary relationship with…”
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Nitrogen-Fixing Gamma Proteobacteria Azotobacter vinelandii -A Blueprint for Nitrogen-Fixing Plants? by Barron, Sayre, Mus, Florence, Peters, John W

“…The availability of fixed nitrogen limits overall agricultural crop production worldwide. The so-called modern "green revolution" catalyzed by the widespread…”
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Protein Scaffold Activates Catalytic CO2 Hydrogenation by a Rhodium Bis(diphosphine) Complex by Laureanti, Joseph A, Buchko, Garry W, Katipamula, Sriram, Su, Qiwen, Linehan, John C, Zadvornyy, Oleg A, Peters, John W, O’Hagan, Molly

“…The utilization of CO2 to generate chemical fuels, such as formic acid, is a potentially beneficial route to balance carbon emissions and reduce dependence on…”
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Structure-Based Mechanism for Oxidative Decarboxylation Reactions Mediated by Amino Acids and Heme Propionates in Coproheme Decarboxylase (HemQ) by Celis, Arianna I, Gauss, George H, Streit, Bennett R, Shisler, Krista, Moraski, Garrett C, Rodgers, Kenton R, Lukat-Rodgers, Gudrun S, Peters, John W, DuBois, Jennifer L

“…Coproheme decarboxylase catalyzes two sequential oxidative decarboxylations with H2O2 as the oxidant, coproheme III as substrate and cofactor, and heme b as…”
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Mechanical coupling in the nitrogenase complex by Huang, Qi, Tokmina-Lukaszewska, Monika, Johnson, Lewis E, Kallas, Hayden, Ginovska, Bojana, Peters, John W, Seefeldt, Lance C, Bothner, Brian, Raugei, Simone

“…The enzyme nitrogenase reduces dinitrogen to ammonia utilizing electrons, protons, and energy obtained from the hydrolysis of ATP. Mo-dependent nitrogenase is…”
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Syntrophomonas wolfei Uses an NADH-Dependent, Ferredoxin-Independent [FeFe]-Hydrogenase To Reoxidize NADH by Losey, Nathaniel A, Mus, Florence, Peters, John W, Le, Huynh M, McInerney, Michael J

“…syntrophically oxidizes short-chain fatty acids (four to eight carbons in length) when grown in coculture with a hydrogen- and/or formate-using methanogen. The…”
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Structural characterization of the P1+ intermediate state of the P-cluster of nitrogenase by Keable, Stephen M., Zadvornyy, Oleg A., Johnson, Lewis E., Ginovska, Bojana, Rasmussen, Andrew J., Danyal, Karamatullah, Eilers, Brian J., Prussia, Gregory A., LeVan, Axl X., Raugei, Simone, Seefeldt, Lance C., Peters, John W.

“…Nitrogenase is the enzyme that reduces atmospheric dinitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3) in biological systems. It catalyzes a series of single-electron transfers…”
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