Summary
Comparisons of the amino acid compositions of the nitrogenase proteins from different organisms and their correlation with cross-reactivities and taxonomical data suggest an evolution within bacterial genomes rather than within plasmids. Comparisons of the amino acid compositions of nitrogenases and other ATP-ases show similarities which might be due to the evolution of these ATP-ases from a common ancestral protein.
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Abbreviations
- N2-ase:
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nitrogenase
- AAC:
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amino acid composition
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Kleiner, D., Littke, W., Bender, H. et al. Possible evolutionary relationships of the nitrogenase proteins. J Mol Evol 7, 159–165 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01732473
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