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== Background == | == Background == | ||
<scene name='90/909991/Rubredoxin_1/1'>Rubredoxin</scene> is a nonheme iron protein, which was discovered in the anaerobe Clostridium pasteurianum and isolated from ferredoxin. These proteins are found in | <scene name='90/909991/Rubredoxin_1/1'>Rubredoxin</scene> is a nonheme iron protein, which was discovered in the anaerobe Clostridium pasteurianum<i> and isolated from ferredoxin. These proteins are found in | ||
membrane-bound enzymes in conjunction with b-type cytochromes in mitochondria and chloroplasts, as well as in soluble bacterial dioxygenases. | membrane-bound enzymes in conjunction with b-type cytochromes in mitochondria and chloroplasts, as well as in soluble bacterial dioxygenases. | ||
Membrane-bound rubredoxins are found exclusively in photosystem II containing organisms and are actually different from the soluble rubredoxins | Membrane-bound rubredoxins are found exclusively in photosystem II containing organisms and are actually different from the soluble rubredoxins | ||
