Diazotrophs perform this process, the best-studied example of which is done by Rhizobia at root nodules.
In Rhodospirillum rubrum, a gene encoding the key enzyme in this process is inactivated by ADP- ribosylation of a arginine-101. In the structures where this biochemical process takes place, Nod factors induce the production of the oxygen-carrier leghemoglobin. Sixteen equivalents of ATP are hydrolyzed in this process, which produces one molecule of hydrogen gas. This process requires a cofactor containing iron and (*) molybdenum atoms. This process has a very high activation energy because it requires cleaving a triple bond. Diazotrophs perform this process, the best-studied example of which is done by Rhizobia at root nodules. For 10 points, name this process of producing ammonia from the most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
In Rhodospirillum rubrum, a gene encoding the key enzyme in this process is inactivated by ADP- ribosylation of a arginine-101.
nitrogen fixation