Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Amount

$520,520.00

Award Date

6/30/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Intellectual Merit The iron-molybdenum cofactor (FeMo-co, 7Fe-9S-Mo-X-homocitrate), found within the active site of the enzyme nitrogenase, is among nature's most complex hetero-metallic cofactors and is required to catalyze the chemically difficult redu