Abstract
Ferredoxin is a general name given to a group of proteins containing equal amounts of non-heme iron and inorganic sulfur with low oxidation-reduction potentials and characteristic EPR signals. They are biologically active as electron carriers in diverse systems as reviewed in many occasions (Buchanan and Arnon, 1972; Hall et al., 1974; Lovenberg, 1973; Orme-Johnson, 1973; Matsubara, 1972). The amino acid sequences are exemplified by those of Clostridium pasteurianum ferredoxin (Tanaka et al., 1966), spinach ferredoxin (Matsubara et al., 1967) and adrenodoxin (Tanaka et al., 1973).
This work was supported in part by a grant from the Japanese Ministry of Education.
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Matsubara, H., Wada, K., Masaki, R. (1976). Structure and Function of Chloroplast-Type Ferredoxins. In: Yasunodu, K.T., Mower, H.F., Hayaishi, O. (eds) Iron and Copper Proteins. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 74. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3270-1_1
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