Rocking Reaction (VIDEO)

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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In bacterial nitrogenase, electrons (small e) take turns traveling from the Fe protein (gold) to catalytic centers on the MoFe proteins (teals and blues) as the complex rocks back and forth.

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Simone Raugei/PNNL

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