Ancient nitrogenases are ATP dependent
ABSTRACT Life depends on a conserved set of chemical energy currencies that are relics of early biochemistry. One of these is ATP, a molecule that, when paired with a divalent metal ion such as Mg2+, can be hydrolyzed to support numerous cellular and molecular processes. Despite its centrality to ex...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2024-07-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01271-24 |