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IN bacterial photosynthesis, reductive CO2 fixation was thought to proceed through activation of carboxylic acid by coenzyme A followed by the reductive incorporation of CO2 in the presence of reduced ferredoxin (a kind of non-haem iron–sulphur protein) and an enzyme, pyruvate synthase, as shown in equation (1). The reaction takes place in vitro in the same way using CoA, reduced ferredoxin and pyruvate synthase1.
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NAKAJIMA, T., YABUSHITA, Y. & TABUSHI, I. Amino acid synthesis through biogenetic-type CO2 fixation. Nature 256, 60–61 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/256060a0
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