Azotobacter vinelandii
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| Azotobacter | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Order: | Pseudomonadales |
| Family: | Pseudomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Azotobacter |
| Species: | A. vinelandii |
| Binomial name | |
| Azotobacter vinelandii Lipman[1] |
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Azotobacter vinelandii is diazotroph that can fix nitrogen while grown aerobically. It is a genetically tractable system that is used to study nitrogen fixation. These bacteria are easily cultured and grown.
It is a free-living N2 fixer which is known to produce many phytohormones and vitamins in the soil.
The nitrogenase holoenzyme of Azotobacter vinelandii has been characterised via x-ray crystallography in both ADP tetrafluoroaluminate-bound[2] and MgATP-bound[3] states. The enzyme possesses molybdenum iron-sulfido cluster cofactors (FeMoCo) as active sites, each bearing 2 pseudo-cubic iron-sulfido structures.
[edit] References
- ^ William A. Noyes, ed. (1904). Review of American Chemical Research. 10. p. 75.
- ^ Schindelin, H., Kisker, C., Schlessman, J.L., Howard, J.B., Rees, D.C. (1997) Structure of ADP x AIF4(-)-stabilized nitrogenase complex and its implications for signal transduction. Nature 387: 370-376
- ^ Chiu, H., Peters, J.W., Lanzilotta, W.N., Ryle, M.J., Seefeldt, L.C., Howard, J.B., Rees, D.C. (2001) MgATP-Bound and nucleotide-free structures of a nitrogenase protein complex between the Leu 127 Delta-Fe-protein and the MoFe-protein. Biochemistry 40: 641-650
[edit] External links
- Azotobacter vinelandii Genome Project
- Current research on Azotobacter vinelandii at the Norwich Research Park
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