Hydrogen Transport with Chloroplasts
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A biochemical approach to the study of photosynthesis in terms of hydrogen transport is de scribed. In particular, the system concerned with reduction of the coenzymes has been found to depend on two proteins: a non haem iron protein closely connected with a photochemical reaction and a flavoprotein which acts as a reductase. The iron protein, previously known as “methaemoglobin reducing factor” and as “photosynthetic pyridine nucleotide reductase”, is recognised as a member of a class of proteins now called ferredoxin.
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