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Agriculture · Q580

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 580

Q580

Fe is an important component of enzymes

A.
Nitrogenase
B.
Nitrate reductase
C.
Nitrite reductase
D.
All of these
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Fe is an important component of all the given enzymes that are nitrogenase, nitrate reductase, and nitrite reductase. All these are enzymes responsible for nitrogen fixation.
Iron is an essential cofactor for a variety of redox reactions in plant metabolism and Fe requires enzymes to catalyze reactions that also involve oxygen, as a reagent or product of the reaction itself or as an entry or end point a metabolic pathway.