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A ferredoxin was purified as the pure state from a club moss (Lycopodium clavatum L.) and sequenced. The ferredoxin was composed of 99 amino acids and had a molecular mass of 10,728, excluding iron and sulfur atoms. The ferredoxin sequence was rather distinct from that fromMarchantia polymorpha, Equisetum andGleichenia japonica. Based on comparison of ferredoxin sequences thus far established, the phylogenetic relationship between lower vascular plants is discussed.
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Sakai, H., Morigasaki, S., Kamide, K. et al. Amino acid sequence study of ferredoxin from a club moss,Lycopodium clavatum L. Bot Mag Tokyo 105, 71–82 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02489404
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