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Ashutosh posted an Question
November 06, 2020 • 02:03 am 30 points
  • IIT JAM
  • Biotechnology (BT)

Which one of the following four statements is true regarding nitrogen fixation by bacteria? (a) nitrogen fixation is primarily an oxidation process requiring co

Which one of the following four statements is TRUE regarding nitrogen fixation by bacteria? (a) Nitrogen fixation is primarily an oxidation process requiring continuous supply of electron acceptors (b) (b) Molybdenum accepts, but cannot donate, electrons within nitrogenase

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    Anup Padwal best-answer

    Option A is correct because  electron flow from ferredoxin to the reductase (iron protein, or Fe protein) to nitrogenase (molybdenum-iron protein, or MoFe protein) to reduce nitrogen  to ammonia. Hence, an input of two additional electrons  is required.

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