Home Science Researchers take first-ever cryo-EM images of nitrogenase in action

Researchers take first-ever cryo-EM images of nitrogenase in action

67

Previously, it has been impossible to capture the high-resolution images of nitrogenase, the only enzyme capable of reducing nitrogen into ammonia, during catalytic action. Now researchers report near-atomic-resolution snapshots of nitrogenase during catalysis using cryogenic electron microscopy.

Source: ScienceDaily.com