Reversible hexa- to penta-coordination of the heme Fe atom modulates ligand binding properties of neuroglobin and cytoglobin

IUBMB Life

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 657-664

  Pesce, Alessandra ^a   De Sanctis, Daniele ^a   Nardini, Marco ^a   Dewilde, Sylvia ^b   Moens, Luc ^b   Hankeln, Thomas ^c   Burmester, Thorsten ^c   Ascenzi, Paolo ^d   Bolognesi, Martino ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f Department of Physics ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytoglobin; Hemoglobin; Myoglobin; Neuroglobin

Indexed keywords

CYTOGLOBIN; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOPROTEIN; NEUROGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; CELL PROTECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HYPOXIA; ISCHEMIA; LIGAND BINDING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; GLOBINS; HEME; HUMANS; IRON; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 17144382480     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540500078830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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