Abstract

The chemical mechanism of ATP hydrolysis by nitrogenase is discussed in terms of results from isotopic exchange studies using [18O4]-Pi, b,g-[18O]-ATP, and g-[18O4]-ATP as probes of reversibility (ATP = ADP + Pi) and of the freedom of rotation around the O-Pb bond in enzyme-bound ADP.

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