Oxidation--reduction potentials of molybdenum and iron--sulphur centres in nitrate reductase from Escherichia coli.
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The potentials of the couples Mo(IV)--(Mo(V) and Mo(V)--Mo(VI) in nitrate reductase from Escherichia coli K12 were measured as + 180 mV and + 220 mV respectively at pH 7.14. The potentials associated with two other e.p.r. signals, believed to be due to iron--sulphur centres, were measured as + 50 mV and + 80 mV.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Biochemical journal
دوره 177 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979