ID   NIFW_RIPO1              Reviewed;         110 AA.
AC   O07360; B7JWZ0;
DT   23-JAN-2002, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   14-APR-2009, sequence version 2.
DT   25-MAY-2022, entry version 75.
DE   RecName: Full=Nitrogenase-stabilizing/protective protein NifW;
GN   Name=nifW; OrderedLocusNames=PCC8801_1793;
OS   Rippkaea orientalis (strain PCC 8801) (Cyanothece sp. (strain PCC 8801)).
OC   Bacteria; Cyanobacteria; Oscillatoriophycideae; Chroococcales;
OC   Aphanothecaceae; Rippkaea; Rippkaea orientalis.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=41431;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA].
RX   PubMed=10217509; DOI=10.1099/13500872-145-3-743;
RA   Huang T.-C., Lin R.-F., Chu M.-K., Chen H.-M.;
RT   "Organization and expression of nitrogen-fixation genes in the aerobic
RT   nitrogen-fixing unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain RF-1.";
RL   Microbiology 145:743-753(1999).
RN   [2]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].
RC   STRAIN=PCC 8801;
RX   PubMed=21972240; DOI=10.1128/mbio.00214-11;
RA   Bandyopadhyay A., Elvitigala T., Welsh E., Stockel J., Liberton M., Min H.,
RA   Sherman L.A., Pakrasi H.B.;
RT   "Novel metabolic attributes of the genus Cyanothece, comprising a group of
RT   unicellular nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacteria.";
RL   MBio 2:E214-E214(2011).
CC   -!- FUNCTION: May protect the nitrogenase Fe-Mo protein from oxidative
CC       damage. {ECO:0000250}.
CC   -!- SUBUNIT: Homotrimer; associates with NifD. {ECO:0000250}.
CC   -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the NifW family. {ECO:0000305}.
CC   -!- SEQUENCE CAUTION:
CC       Sequence=AAC35197.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Evidence={ECO:0000305};
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DR   EMBL; AF003700; AAC35197.1; ALT_INIT; Genomic_DNA.
DR   EMBL; CP001287; ACK65839.1; -; Genomic_DNA.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; O07360; -.
DR   STRING; 41431.PCC8801_1793; -.
DR   EnsemblBacteria; ACK65839; ACK65839; PCC8801_1793.
DR   KEGG; cyp:PCC8801_1793; -.
DR   eggNOG; ENOG50330W8; Bacteria.
DR   HOGENOM; CLU_145318_1_0_3; -.
DR   OMA; KRMGQYL; -.
DR   Proteomes; UP000008204; Chromosome.
DR   GO; GO:0009399; P:nitrogen fixation; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule.
DR   HAMAP; MF_00529; NifW; 1.
DR   InterPro; IPR004893; NifW.
DR   Pfam; PF03206; NifW; 1.
DR   PIRSF; PIRSF005790; NifW; 1.
PE   3: Inferred from homology;
KW   Nitrogen fixation; Reference proteome.
FT   CHAIN           1..110
FT                   /note="Nitrogenase-stabilizing/protective protein NifW"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000219542"
SQ   SEQUENCE   110 AA;  12800 MW;  53368FB26A6E5B9B CRC64;
     MVAEKTFTEF TKLTDAEDFL KFFNIDYDAT FVNVNRLHIL KQFSLLIQEV DKVFPDVSET
     EKLEKYQLAL TEAYELFKTS SPLETKLFKV FQEPPKNIVL LDDLVKEAGV