The advent of heme during evolution allowed organisms possessing this compound to
safely and efficiently carry out a variety of chemical reactions that otherwise were difficult or …

BACKGROUND Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cancer patients has developed into an
important new clinical treatment modality in the past 25 years. PDT involves administration …

Microscopy and mass spectrometry (MS) are complementary techniques: The former
provides spatiotemporal information in living cells, but only for a handful of recombinant …

Tetrapyrroles like hemes, chlorophylls, and cobalamin are complex macrocycles which play
essential roles in almost all living organisms. Heme serves as prosthetic group of many …

Thrombopoietin (TPO) is the primary hematopoietic growth let counts, the cells of the
proximal convoluted tubules of factor involved in the regulation of platelet production. Al- the …

Amino Acid Metabolism, 3rd Edition covers all aspects of the biochemistry and nutritional
biochemistry of the amino acids. Starting with an overview of nitrogen fixation and the …

The appearance of heme, an organic ring surrounding an iron atom, in evolution forever
changed the efficiency with which organisms were able to generate energy, utilize gasses …

The movement of anionic porphyrins (for example, haem) across intracellular membranes is
crucial to many biological processes, but their mitochondrial translocation and coordination …

Heme is an integral part of proteins involved in multiple electron transport chains for energy
recovery found in almost all forms of life. Moreover, heme is a cofactor of enzymes including …

Several commercial and experimental herbicides such as p-nitrodiphenyl ethers,
oxadiazoles, and cyclic imides inhibit protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (Protox), the enzyme …