Researchers show how iron activates oxygen in living things

Friday, November 18, 2011 - 09:30 in Biology & Nature

Oxygen performs many key functions in the body’s internal chemistry, but the life-sustaining molecule can’t do its job alone. Now, SLAC researchers and their collaborators are learning more about how iron-containing enzymes help oxygen play nice with other molecules.

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