The isolated iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase binds carbon monoxideupon electrochemically accessing reduced states

Authors
Ibrahim, SK Vincent, K Gormal, CA Smith, BE Best, SP Pickett, CJ
Citation
Sk. Ibrahim et al., The isolated iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase binds carbon monoxideupon electrochemically accessing reduced states, CHEM COMMUN, (11), 1999, pp. 1019-1020
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
13597345 → ACNP
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1019 - 1020
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-7345(19990607):11<1019:TIICON>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The first spectroscopic evidence for the binding of a small gaseous molecul e to the isolated iron molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase (FeMoco) is prese nted: FTIR spectroelectrochemistry in a thin-layer cell shows that reduced FeMoco binds carbon monoxide and gives rise to v(CO) stretches that are clo se to those observed during turnover of the enzyme.