Ferredoxin
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ferredoxin-264-16167934
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Ferredoxin
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Ferredoxins (from Latin ferrum: iron + redox, often abbreviated "fd") are iron–sulfur proteins that mediate electron transfer in a range of metabolic reactions. The term "ferredoxin" was coined by D.C. Wharton of the DuPont Co. and applied to the "iron protein" first purified in 1962 by Mortenson, Valentine, and Carnahan from the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium pasteurianum. Another redox protein, isolated from spinach chloroplasts, was termed "chloroplast ferredoxin". The chloroplast ferredoxin
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Iron–sulfur proteins that mediate electron transfer in metabolic reactions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferredoxin
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2024-04-09T19:08:02Z
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