The pH dependence of naturally occurring low-spin forms of methaemoglobin and metmyoglobin: An EPR study

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 351, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 595-605

  Svistunenko, D A ^a   Sharpe, M A ^a   Nicholls, P ^a   Blenkinsop, C ^a   Davies, N A ^a   Dunne, J ^a   Wilson, M T ^a   Cooper, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemichromes; Histidine; Human blood; Mechanism simulation

Indexed keywords

HEME; HEMOGLOBIN CHAIN; HISTIDINE; METHEMOGLOBIN; METMYOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD PH; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HORSES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHEMOGLOBIN; METMYOGLOBIN;

EID: 0034331816     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3510595     Document Type: Article

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