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What type of conditions are created by leghemoglobin in the root nodule of a legume?

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Nitrogenase is highly sensitive to oxygen and hence requires an anaerobic condition to function. Leghemoglobin acts as an oxygen scavenger and protects the nitrogenase enzyme from oxygen. Thus, creating anaerobic conditions in the root nodules of legumes.

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