Abstract
The past decade has witnessed an explosive growth in our understanding of the structures and chemical reactivities of the various Fe-S clusters in biological material. These developments have resulted in part from the application of sophisticated physical methods such as EXAFS (extended X-ray absorption fine structure), MCD, Mössbauer, and resonance Raman spectroscopy to the problem. Another advance has come from the development of synthetic analogues of the various Fe-S clusters (Holm, 1977; Ibers and Holm, 1980; Berg and Holm, 1982), and the analysis by X-ray crystallography at high resolution of the structure of the models and of some comparatively simple, low molecular weight proteins containing corresponding clusters.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Enzymes of Biological Membranes: Volume 4 Bioenergetics of Electron and Proton Transport |
Editors | Anthony N. Martonosi |
Place of Publication | Boston, MA |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 301-332 |
Number of pages | 32 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4684-4604-3 |
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Publication status | Published - 1985 |