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Distribution of nitrogen fixation and nitrogenase-like sequences amongst microbial genomes
BMC Genomics · 2012 · Vol. 13(1) · pp. 162–162
Patricia C. Dos Santos(Wake Forest University)Zhong Fang(Wake Forest University)Steven Mason(Virginia Tech)João Carlos Setúbal(Universidade de São Paulo)Ray Dixon✉(John Innes Centre)
Abstract
Our predictions expand the known phylogenetic diversity of nitrogen fixation, and suggest that this trait may be much more common in nature than it is currently thought. The diverse phylogenetic distribution of nitrogenase-like proteins indicates potential new roles for anciently duplicated and divergent members of this group of enzymes.
Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteinsLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesDiazotrophBiologyNitrogen fixationArchaeaPhylumNitrogenaseFixation (population genetics)GenomeEuryarchaeotaGene
MeSH terms
Amino Acid SequenceArchaeaBacteriaBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceGenes, BacterialMolecular Sequence DataNitrogen FixationNitrogenasePhylogenyReference StandardsSpecies SpecificitySequence AlignmentGenome, BacterialConserved Sequence
Funding
- North Carolina Biotechnology Center
- Directorate for Biological Sciences
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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