Ferredoxin is a reducing agent used in production of bioelements.
Layman's explanation:In 1962 Mortenson coined the word ferredoxin to a protein isolated from Clostridium pasteurianum an anaerobic, chlorophyll-free bacterium. He found that this protein was free of heme and flavin but contained iron. This protein is an electron carrier; and is involved in photosynthesis, and in nitrogen and sulfur metabolism. Today, ferredoxin describes a group of proteins that are low molecular weight iron-sulfur proteins found also in aerobic organisms.
Keywords:Mortenson,
photosynthesis,
electron carrier,
iron-sulfur protein
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