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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2020 Mar 4;120(12):5107–5157. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00704

Table 9.

Substrate Reduction Activity Facilitated by NifH and VnfHa

Product
Protein Redox Agent Nucleotide COb CO2c
Av NifH DT - 0.10 -
DT + 0.15 -
IDS - 0.0056 200
EuIIDTPA - 3.2/7.7d -
EuIIDTPA + 7.6d -
Av VnfH DT - 0.13 -
DT + 0.17 -
IDS - 0.0083 190
EuIIDTPA - 3.2/7.8d -
EuIIDTPA + 7.6d -
a

The data is reported from ref 87, all proteins are from A. vinelandii. Units reported as 10−3 nmol product × min−1 × (nmol protein)−1. All reactions reported at 30 °C. DT = sodium dithionite. IDS = indigo disulfonate.

b

assay reported in 100% CO2 atmosphere.

c

assay reported in 99.9% CO atmosphere.

d

CO production after multiple additions of EuII reductant; values reported with units of nmol CO × (nmol protein)−1.