Which consequence results when molecular oxygen inhibits nitrogenase?

💡 Explanation

In aerobic conditions, oxygen irreversibly damages nitrogenase, because the enzyme contains an iron-sulfur cluster susceptible to oxidation; therefore, ammonia production plummets, rather than methanogenesis or alternative sulfur metabolism under anaerobic conditions.

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