{"id":613,"date":"2026-04-15T13:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/?p=613"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:27:06","slug":"negative-cooperativity-in-the-nitrogenase-fe-protein-electron-delivery-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/?p=613","title":{"rendered":"Negative cooperativity in the nitrogenase Fe protein electron delivery cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>DOI:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1613089113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1073\/pnas.1613089113<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Authors:<\/h4>\n<p>Karamatullah Danyal, Sudipta Shaw, Taylor R. Page, Simon Duval, Masaki Horitani, Amy R. Marts, Dmitriy Lukoyanov, Dennis R. Dean, Simone Raugei, Brian M. Hoffman, Lance C. Seefeldt, Edwin Antony<\/p>\n<h4>Abstract:<\/h4>\n<p>Nitrogenase catalyzes the ATP-dependent reduction of dinitrogen (N<sub>2<\/sub>) to two ammonia (NH<sub>3<\/sub>) molecules through the participation of its two protein components, the MoFe and Fe proteins. Electron transfer (ET) from the Fe protein to the catalytic MoFe protein involves a series of synchronized events requiring the transient association of one Fe protein with each \u03b1\u03b2 half of the \u03b1<sub>2<\/sub>\u03b2<sub>2<\/sub> MoFe protein. This process is referred to as the Fe protein cycle and includes binding of two ATP to an Fe protein, association of an Fe protein with the MoFe protein, ET from the Fe protein to the MoFe protein, hydrolysis of the two ATP to two ADP and two P<sub>i<\/sub> for each ET, P<sub>i<\/sub> release, and dissociation of oxidized Fe protein-(ADP)<sub>2<\/sub> from the MoFe protein. Because the MoFe protein tetramer has two separate \u03b1\u03b2 active units, it participates in two distinct Fe protein cycles. Quantitative kinetic measurements of ET, ATP hydrolysis, and P<sub>i<\/sub> release during the presteady-state phase of electron delivery demonstrate that the two halves of the ternary complex between the MoFe protein and two reduced Fe protein-(ATP)<sub>2<\/sub> do not undergo the Fe protein cycle independently. Instead, the data are globally fit with a two-branch negative-cooperativity kinetic model in which ET in one-half of the complex partially suppresses this process in the other. A possible mechanism for communication between the two halves of the nitrogenase complex is suggested by normal-mode calculations showing correlated and anticorrelated motions between the two halves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOI: 10.1073\/pnas.1613089113 Authors: Karamatullah Danyal, Sudipta Shaw, Taylor R. Page, Simon Duval, Masaki Horitani, Amy R. Marts, Dmitriy Lukoyanov, Dennis R. Dean, Simone Raugei, Brian M. Hoffman, Lance C. Seefeldt, Edwin Antony Abstract: Nitrogenase catalyzes the ATP-dependent reduction of dinitrogen (N2) to two ammonia (NH3) molecules through the participation of its two protein components, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freeze-quench"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}