Term Information

Accession
GO:0016163
Name
nitrogenase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
reduced ferredoxin:dinitrogen oxidoreductase (ATP-hydrolysing) activity, iron-iron nitrogenase activity, molybdenum-iron nitrogenase activity, vanadium-iron nitrogenase activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: 8 reduced ferredoxin + 8 H+ + N2 + 16 ATP + 16 H2O = 8 oxidized ferredoxin + 2 NH3 + 16 ADP + 16 phosphate. Source: RHEA:21448, PMID:15382920
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0016163 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of nitrogenase activity (GO:0016163)
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nitrogenase activity [is_a relation] is_a  oxidoreductase activity, acting on iron-sulfur proteins as donors, dinitrogen as acceptor (GO:0016732)

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EC
1.18.6.1
MetaCyc
NITROGENASE-RXN
RHEA
21448
UM-BBD_enzymeID
e0395