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Enzymes activated by synthetic components

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Synthetic analogues of the catalytic subsite of the hydrogen-producing enzyme HydA1 have been disappointingly inactive. The incorporation of such analogues into the enzyme's active site reveals the requirements for activity. See Letter p.66

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  1. Ryan D. Bethel and Marcetta Y. Darensbourg are in the Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.,

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