Artificial iron–sulfur catalyst is highly functional

Designed heme-[4Fe-4S] metalloenzyme

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Sulfite reductase mimic represents major advancement in engineering synthetic enzymes

Chemists have designed for the first time a haem-[4Fe–4S] catalyst that has similar activity to native sulfite reductase, a venture previously hampered by the enzyme’s structural and functional complexity.