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Iron-Sulfur Proteins: Combined Mössbauer and EPR Studies

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This article discusses some correlations between electron paramagnetic resonance and Mössbauer spectroscopy which can be utilized to unravel some of the complexities of proteins containing many metal atoms. After describing the qualitative features of Mössbauer spectra observed for Kramers and non-Kramers systems recent findings on the MoFe protein of nitro-genase (the biological nitrogen fixing system) will be discussed. Mössbauer and EPR studies of the MoFe protein (30 Fe atoms) have lead to a detailed spectroscopic characterization of two novel spin-coupled metal centers.

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  1. Gray Freshwater Biological Institute/Department of Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Navarre, Minnesota, 55392, USA

    Eckard Münck & B. H. Huynh

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  1. Istituto di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica della, Facoltà di Farmacia, Università di Firenze, Via Gino Capponi, 7 Firenze, Italy

    Ivano Bertini

  2. School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA

    Russell S. Drago

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Münck, E., Huynh, B.H. (1980). Iron-Sulfur Proteins: Combined Mössbauer and EPR Studies. In: Bertini, I., Drago, R.S. (eds) ESR and NMR of Paramagnetic Species in Biological and Related Systems. Nato Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9524-6_12

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