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Meaning of ferredoxin in English:

ferredoxin

Pronunciation /fɛrəˈdɒksɪn/

noun

(also ferredoxine)
Biochemistry

  • Any of certain proteins which contain small clusters of iron and sulphur atoms and take part in electron-transfer processes in cells.

Origin

1960s. From fer- (in classical Latin ferrum iron: see ferro-) + redox + -in.