Cytochromes: Reactivity of the "dark side" of the heme

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Ascenzi, Paolo ^a,b   Santucci, Roberto ^c   Coletta, Massimo ^c,d   Polticelli, Fabio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Interdepartmental Laboratory for Electron Microscopy   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d Interuniversity Consortium for the Research on the Chemistry of Metals in Biological Systems (CIRCMS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes xylosoxidans cytochrome c'; Allostery; Carbon monoxide; Heme ligand geometry; Horse heart cytochrome c; Nitrogen monoxide

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; CYTOCHROME C; HEME; HEMOPROTEIN; HISTONE; IRON DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; MYOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXIDASE;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ALLOSTERISM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PEROXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ALCALIGENES; ANIMALS; CARDIOLIPINS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; HEME; HISTIDINE; HORSES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRIC OXIDE;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 78149282777     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.09.008     Document Type: Review

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