ACETYLENE REDUCTION BY NITROGEN-FIXING PREPARATIONS FROM CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM
ACETYLENE REDUCTION BY NITROGEN-FIXING PREPARATIONS FROM CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM
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10.1016/0304-4165(66)90383-7
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发表时间:
1966-01-01
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DILWORTH, MJ
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DILWORTH, MJ
1.1. Nitrogen fixation in cell-free extracts ofClostridium pasteurianumis inhibited by low partial pressures of acetylene.2.2. Extracts from cells grown on N2reduce acetylene with H2, but similar extracts from cells grown with NH4+do not. The product was characterized by mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy as ethylene.3.3. The requirements for acetylene reduction with H2are the same as those for N2reduction-ferredoxin, ATP and Mg2+.4.4. Ethylene cannot be further reduced by the extracts, and does not interfere with the reduction of either N2or acetylene.5.5. When extracts in2H2O were exposed to H2and acetylene, purecis-[2H2]-ethylene was produced, indicating stereochemical specificity in the reducing enzyme.6.6. The conclusion is drawn that acetylene and N2reduction are analogous processes, catalyzed by the same enzyme system. It is suggested that the first step in N2reduction is a two-electron reduction leading to a non-dissociable intermediate at the oxidation level of diimide.