Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35901182›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2022

Structures of the nitrogenase complex prepared under catalytic turnover conditions.

Hannah L Rutledge, Brian D Cook, Hoang P M Nguyen, Mark A Herzik, F Akif Tezcan

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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47citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hannah L RutledgeDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8672-2797
Brian D CookDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5777-3464
Hoang P M NguyenDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1614-7424
Mark A HerzikDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6653-6682
F Akif TezcanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4733-6500
University of California San Diego · US

Funding

The Stanford-SLAC CryoEM Center supplementU24GM129541 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHIU, WAH, HEDMAN, BRITT · 2018 to 2023
$54.8M
MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008326 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KOMIVES, ELIZABETH A. · 1989 to 2020
$7.5M
ChimeraX -- Next Generation Visualization and Analysis Software for Multiscale ModelingR01GM129325 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2018 to 2025
$5.2M
Towards an Atomistic Understanding of Mitochondrial Protein Biogenesis (Equipment Supplement)R35GM138206 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HERZIK, MARK ANTHONY · 2020 to 2024
$2.1M
Mechanism of Energy Transduction and Substrate Activation in Biological Nitrogen FixationR01GM148607 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI F. Akif Tezcan · 2023 to 2026
$1.3M
Mechanism of Energy Transduction and Substrate Activation in Biological NitrogenR01GM099813 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI TEZCAN, FAIK AKIF · 2012 to 2016
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM099813NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM129325NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM148607NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138206NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008326NIGMS NIH HHS U24 GM129541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The enzyme nitrogenase couples adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis to the multielectron reduction of atmospheric dinitrogen into ammonia. Despite extensive research, the mechanistic details of ATP-dependent energy transduction and dinitrogen reduction by nitrogenase are not well understood, requiring new strategies to monitor its structural dynamics during catalytic action. Here, we report cryo-electron microscopy structures of the nitrogenase complex prepared under enzymatic turnover conditions. We observe that asymmetry governs all aspects of the nitrogenase mechanism, including ATP hydrolysis, protein-protein interactions, and catalysis. Conformational changes near the catalytic iron-molybdenum cofactor are correlated with the nucleotide-hydrolysis state of the enzyme.

Indexed as

MolybdoferredoxinNitrogenaseAdenosine TriphosphateCatalysisCryoelectron MicroscopyHydrolysisOxidation-ReductionProtein ConformationAdenosine TriphosphateMolybdoferredoxinNitrogenase

Identifiers

PMID35901182
PMCPMC9949965
OpenAlexW4288448018

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