Figure 2.
Metalloenzymes that could be deployed to combat reactive oxygen species (ROS) in yeast bioprocesses. 1, SeII in glutathione peroxidases; 2, FeIII in catalases; 3, MgII in photolysis of water (light reaction in photosynthesis using chlorophyll supplies the oxygen); 4, CuII/ZnII/MnVII in superoxide dismutases; 5, FeII/FeIII/FeV [FeO]3+ in cytochromes P450 mixed‐function oxidases (R1 is xenobiotic substrate); 6, FeII/FeIII in peroxidases)