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Haem can bind to and inhibit mammalian calcium-dependent Slo1 BK channels.
Nature - 2 Oct 2003
Tang Xiang Dong, Xu Rong, Reynolds Mark F, Garcia Maria L, Heinemann Stefan H, Hoshi Toshinori
Abstract excerpt
Haem is essential for living organisms, functioning as a crucial element in the redox-sensitive reaction centre in haemproteins. During the biogenesis of these proteins, the haem cofactor is typically incorporated enzymatically into the haem pockets of the apo-haemprotein as the functionally indispensable prosthetic group. A class of ion channel, the large-conductance calcium-dependent Slo1 BK channels, possesses...
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