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ferredoxin

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fer·re·dox·in  (fr-dksn)
n.
An iron-containing protein present in green plants and certain anaerobic bacteria that functions in electron transport reactions in biochemical processes, such as photosynthesis.
[fer(ro)- + redox + -in.]
ferredoxin [ˌfɛrɪˈdɒksɪn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) an iron- and sulphur-containing protein found in plants and microorganisms and involved in photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation


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Russell and Martin offer yet another piece of circumstantial evidence that life may have emerged from iron sulfide-catalyzed chemistry: Many of the large proteins that drive basic biochemical reactions today--such as ferredoxin, a protein that mediates metabolic reactions--rely on smaller iron sulfur cofactors.
A rocky start: fresh take on life's oldest story by Morgan, Kendall / Science News
Chan, a chemist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and his colleagues report their determination of the structure of one of the bacterium's unusual enzymes, aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase (AOR).
Enzyme helps microorganism thrive in heat by Lipkin, Richard / Science News
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