Globins are haem‐proteins that bind O2 and thus play an important role in the animal's
respiration and oxidative energy production. However, globins may also have other …

Hemoglobin and myoglobin are oxygen transport and storage proteins of most vertebrates.
Neuroglobin (Ngb) and cytoglobin (Cygb)‐two recent additions to the vertebrate globin …

Vertebrate hemoglobin (Hb) and myoglobin (Mb) were among the first proteins whose
structures and sequences were determined over 50 years ago. In the subsequent …

Neuroglobin and cytoglobin are two recently discovered members of the vertebrate globin
family. Both are intracellular proteins endowed with hexacoordinated heme‐Fe atoms, in …

Hemoglobin, myoglobin, neuroglobin, and cytoglobin are four types of vertebrate globins
with distinct tissue distributions and functions. Here, we report the identification of a fifth and …

Vertebrates possess multiple respiratory globins that differ in terms of structure, function, and
tissue distribution. Three types of globins have been described so far: hemoglobin facilitates …

The discovery of novel globins in diverse organisms has stimulated intense interest in their
evolved function, beyond oxygen binding. Globin X (GbX) is a protein found in fish …

Neuroglobin and cytoglobin are two recently discovered vertebrate globins, which are
expressed at low levels in neuronal tissues and in all tissues investigated so far …

For a long time, haemoglobin and myoglobin had been assumed to represent the only
globin types of vertebrates. In 2000, however, we discovered a third globin type by mining …

Comparative genomic studies have led to the recent identification of several novel globin
types in the Metazoa. They have revealed a surprising evolutionary diversity of functions …