@article {2638,
	title = {Evidence for nickel and a three-iron center in the hydrogenase of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans},
	journal = {J Biol Chem},
	volume = {257},
	number = {24},
	year = {1982},
	note = {<p>0021-9258 (Print)0021-9258 (Linking)Journal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}tResearch Support, U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Non-P.H.S.Research Support, U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, P.H.S.</p>
},
	month = {Dec 25},
	pages = {14620-3},
	abstract = {<p>Hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (ATCC No. 27774) grown in unenriched and in enriched 61Ni and 57Fe media has been purified to apparent homogeneity. Two fractions of enzymes with hydrogenase activity were separated and were termed hydrogenase I and hydrogenase II. they were shown to have similar molecular weights (77,600 for hydrogenase I and 75,500 for hydrogenase II), to be composed of two polypeptide chains, and to contain Ni and non-heme iron. Because of its higher specific activity (152 versus 97) hydrogenase II was selected for EPR and Mossbauer studies. As isolated, hydrogenase II exhibits an "isotropic" EPR signal at g = 2.02 and a rhombic EPR signal at g = 2.3, 2.2, and 2.0. Isotopic substitution of 61Ni proves that the rhombic signal is due to Ni. Combining the Mossbauer and EPR data, the isotropic g = 2.02 EPR signal was shown to originate from a 3Fe cluster which may have oxygenous or nitrogenous ligands. In addition, the Mossbauer data also revealed two [4Fe-4S]2+ clusters iun each molecule of hydrogenase II. The EPR and Mossbauer data of hydrogenase I were found to be identical to those of hydrogenase II, indicating that both enzymes have common metallic centers.</p>
},
	keywords = {Desulfovibrio/*enzymology, Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, Hydrogenase, Iron/*analysis, Nickel/*analysis, Oxidoreductases/*isolation \& purification/metabolism, Spectrum Analysis},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve\&db=PubMed\&dopt=Citation\&list_uids=6294073 },
	author = {Kruger, H. J. and Huynh, B. H. and Ljungdahl, P. O. and Xavier, A. V. and Dervartanian, D. V. and Moura, I. and Peck, H. D., Jr. and Teixeira, M. and Moura, J. J. and Legall, J.}
}
