40 2 ( ) V o l. 40 N o. 2 2001 3 Jou rnal of X iam en U n iversity (N atu ral Science) M ar. 2001 : 043820479 (2001) 0220320210 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 3 (1., 2., 361005) :,. (FeM o2co)m ofe7s9 (R 2 ),, FeM o2co ; N 2, C 2H 2 CO ;,.. : ; ; ; ; ; ; ; : Q 946 : A, (N 2) (N H 3),,,. 2. 4, 65%, 25%.. N 2+ 8 e - + 10 H + + 16 M ga T P, 2 N H + 4 + H 2+ 16 AD P+ 16 PO 2-4 Fe N 2+ 3 H 2Ω Ω 400 500, 10 7 10 8 Pa 2N H 3 60,. 1992 R ees X, FeM o2co ( )M ofe7s9 (R 2 ) [ 1, 2 ].,M o, 3 Λ32,. Α2 Α2 : 2001202215 : (29933040); ; :, (1964- ),, ; (1914- ),,. 3 ; e2m ail: k rtsai@xm u. edu. cn
2 : 321 1 [1, 2 ] F ig. 1 Experim ental coo rdination structure of iron mo lybdenum cofacto r ( FeM o2co ) in nitrogenase [1, 2 ], Α2 Α2, 1 1, 1. 1, FeM o2co N 2. FeM o2co N 2,., [ 3 9 ]., FeM o2co N 2, 2 4. N 2 FeM o2co : N 2 FeM o2co ; N 2 FeM o2co (N 2 FeM o2co ) ;, 2. 2 ( ) EXA FS FeV FeM o [ 10 ], (H 4cit= C 6H 8O 7) Fe V M o. R, R 2 Α2 Α2 Β Χ2 ; ( : K lebsiella p neum on iae) M ofe7s9 ( ),,., [ 11 ].,,,M oo 2-4 VO 3-4 ( ) N if B FeM o2co, FeM o2co [ 10 12 ] ( 3).,. ( ) ( ), ( ) ( ). 2. 1 ( ) ( ), (V ) ( 4) [ 13 ],,M IT [ 14 ]. Α2 Α2., FeM o2co.,, (V )
( ) 322 2001 2 F ig. 2 D ifferent models of the active site of N 2 in iron2mo lybdenum cofacto r of nitrogenase. V 2O 2, Α2 Α2 V, Β2,. ( 5). 3 (V ), Β2 F ig. 3 B io synthesis of iron mo lybdenum cofacto r
2 : 323 4 (V ) K2 [VO 2 (C 6H 6O 7) ]2 4H 2O F ig. 4 A nion structure of po tassium dioxocitrato vanadate ( V ) K2 [VO 2 (C 6H 6O 7) ]2 4H 2O 5 (V ) N a2k2 [VO 2 (C 6H 5O 7) ]2 9H 2O F ig. 5 Po lym eric anion structure of po tassium sodium dioxohydrogencitrato vanadate (V ) N a2k2 [VO 2 (C 6H 5O 7) ]2 9H 2O, (V ) [ 15 20 ]. [ 11, 21 ], ( ). (V ), ( IV ) ( 6). Α2 Α2 Β2, Α2 6 ( IV ) N a4 V 2O 2 [ 22 24 ], [ 15, 25 ]. [VO (C 6H 4O 7) ]2 6H 2O F ig. B ino ( IV ) 6 A nion structure of sodium oxocitrato ( IV ) [ 26 ], vanadate ( IV ) N a4 ( IV ) (H neo) 3 [ (VO ) 2 (cit) (H cit) ] [VO (C 6H 4O 7 ) ]2 4H 2O, ( IV ), 6H 2O.,O rm e2john son (V ) [K 2 (H 2O ) 5 ] [ (VO 2) 2 (R, S 2hom ocitrate) 2 ] H 2O [ 27 ], (V ), (V ), R 2 S 2. 2. 2 ( ), R 2, ph 3 9,
( ) 324 2001., ph,., ph (7 8), Α2 Α2 Β2,, Β2, [0. 241 1 (3) nm ]., Α2 Α2,. (V I)., (V I), ( 7) [ 28 ] : 7 F ig. 7 Po ssible pathw ay of mo lybdenum transfer in nitrogenase FeM o2co, Α2C. ph 5 6, [ (M oo 2) 2O (cit) 2 ] 6-,, Α2 Α2 Β2,., [ (M oo 2) 2O (H cit) 2 ] 4-, [M oo 2 (H 2cit) 2 ] 2- ( 8) [ 29 32 ]. 2. 3, R 2 S 2, S 2 (V I) (V I) 2S + 2S,, (V I) (V I) +, 1 M o (W ) 2O. 1, + ;. :, + ; R 2, R 2 + 2R 2R., ( 9) :
2 : 325 8 F ig. 8 Syntheses and transfo rm ation of monom eric and dim eric citratomo lybdates 1 M o (W ) 2O T ab. 1 Comparisons of M o (W ) 2O distances ( 10-1 nm ) and our assignm ent of abso lute configuration in citrato and m alato comp lexes (H 4cit= citric acid) Com p lex M 2O (alkoxy) M 2O (Α2carboxy) Configu ration assignm ent N a2 [M oo 2 (H 2cit) 2 ] 3H 2O 1. 953 (6), 1. 960 (7) 2. 190 (7), 2. 247 (6) g+ 32 N a2 [WO 2 (H 2cit) 2 ] 3H 2O 1. 945 (6), 1. 968 (7) 2. 189 (8), 2. 227 (7) g+ 32 (N H 4) 4 [M o 4O 11 (m al) 2 ] 6H 2O 2. 00 2. 21,, +, + 2S, S 33 (N H 4) 4 [M o 4O 11 (m al) 2 ] H 2O 3 1. 93 (15) 2. 50 (15),,, 2S, S 34, 35 (N H 4) 4 [M o 4O 11 (m al) 2 ] 6H 2O 1. 925 (6) 2. 226 (6),, +, + 2R, R 36 C s2 [M oo 2 (Hm al) 2 ] H 2O 1. 939 (8) 2. 243 (9) 2S 37 N a3 [WO 2H (S 2m al) 2 ] 1. 973 (4) 2. 170 (4) + 2S 38 reḟ, 70. N 2 C 2H 2 D 2O
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