Structure and function of haemoglobins

DA Gell - Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
Haemoglobin (Hb) is widely known as the iron-containing protein in blood that is essential
for O 2 transport in mammals. Less widely recognised is that erythrocyte Hb belongs to a …

Diversity of globin function: enzymatic, transport, storage, and sensing

SN Vinogradov, L Moens - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008 - ASBMB
The availability of genomic information from the three kingdoms of life has altered
substantially our view of the globin superfamily. It is now evident that Hbs, 2 defined as …

Animal-free heme production for artificial meat in Corynebacterium glutamicum via systems metabolic and membrane engineering

YJ Ko, M Kim, SK You, SK Shin, J Chang, HJ Choi… - Metabolic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, heme has attracted much attention as a main ingredient that mimics meat flavor in
artificial meat in the food industry. Here, we developed Corynebacterium glutamicum …

A phylogenomic profile of globins

SN Vinogradov, D Hoogewijs, X Bailly… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2006 - Springer
Background Globins occur in all three kingdoms of life: they can be classified into single-
domain globins and chimeric globins. The latter comprise the flavohemoglobins with a C …

[HTML][HTML] Plant hemoglobins: important players at the crossroads between oxygen and nitric oxide

KJ Gupta, KH Hebelstrup, LAJ Mur, AU Igamberdiev - FEBS letters, 2011 - Elsevier
Plant hemoglobins constitute a diverse group of hemeproteins and evolutionarily belong to
three different classes. Class 1 hemoglobins possess an extremely high affinity to oxygen …

Flavohemoglobin: structure and reactivity

A Bonamore, A Boffi - IUBMB life, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Flavohemoglobins (flavoHbs) are made of a globin domain fused with a ferredoxin
reductaselike FAD‐and NAD‐binding modules. These proteins are widely represented …

Plant hemoglobins: what we know six decades after their discovery

V Garrocho-Villegas, SK Gopalasubramaniam… - Gene, 2007 - Elsevier
This review describes contributions to the study of plant hemoglobins (Hbs) from a historical
perspective with emphasis on non-symbiotic Hbs (nsHbs). Plant Hbs were first identified in …

Control of carotenoid biosynthesis through a heme-based cis-trans isomerase

J Beltrán, B Kloss, JP Hosler, J Geng, A Liu… - Nature chemical …, 2015 - nature.com
Plants synthesize carotenoids, which are essential for plant development and survival.
These metabolites also serve as essential nutrients for human health. The biosynthetic …

Nonsymbiotic hemoglobins and stress tolerance in plants

C Dordas - Plant Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Hemoglobins (Hbs) are heme containing proteins found in most organisms including
animals, bacteria, and plants. Their structure, size, and function are quite diverse among the …

Characterization of the particulate methane monooxygenase metal centers in multiple redox states by X-ray absorption spectroscopy

RL Lieberman, KC Kondapalli, DB Shrestha… - Inorganic …, 2006 - ACS Publications
The integral membrane enzyme particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) converts
methane, the most inert hydrocarbon, to methanol under ambient conditions. The 2.8-Å …