Search Ontology:
GO: Molecular Function

nitrogenase activity

Term ID
GO:0016163
Synonyms
  • iron-iron nitrogenase activity
  • molybdenum-iron nitrogenase activity
  • reduced ferredoxin:dinitrogen oxidoreductase (ATP-hydrolysing) activity
  • vanadium-iron nitrogenase activity
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: 16 ATP + 16 H2O + N2 + 8 reduced [2Fe-2S]-[ferredoxin] = 16 ADP + 6 H+ + H2 + 2 NH4+ + 8 oxidized [2Fe-2S]-[ferredoxin] + 16 phosphate. 15382920
References
  • EC:1.18.6.1
  • MetaCyc:NITROGENASE-RXN
  • RHEA:21448
  • UM-BBD_reactionID:r1810
Ontology
GO: Molecular Function    QuickGO    AmiGO
Relationships
is a type of
inverse has_part
Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes