Newly discovered pathways for transferring electrons i...
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multihemedissimilatory metal-reducing bacteriaflavinShewanella speciesanaerobic respiration Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology 2017/04/28 Rendering of electron transfer pathway in MtrF protein An electron is transferred between 10 iron-containing molecules called hemes bound to a protein. The oxidation-reduction potential (yellow) of each heme is shown schematically. The electron is likely to move downward along the potential`s surface (blue). © 2017 Hiroshi C. Watanabe. Researchers at the University of Tokyo identified the pathways for transferring electrons in the...