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These electron transfer agents often have unusually low redox potentials. Eighteen are known from higher plants and bacteria, and are involved in nitrogen fixation as well as photosynthesis.
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HALL, D., EVANS, M. Iron–Sulphur Proteins. Nature 223, 1342–1348 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2231342a0
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