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Dynamic regulation of the inducible nitric-oxide synthase by NO: comparison with the endothelial isoform.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 6 Feb 2004
Gautier Clement, Négrerie Michel, Wang Zhi-Qiang, Lambry Jean-Christophe, Stuehr Dennis J, Collin Fabrice, Martin Jean-Louis, Slama-Schwok Anny
Abstract excerpt
We studied by ultrafast time-resolved absorption spectroscopy the geminate recombination of NO to the oxygenase domain of the inducible NO synthase, iNOSoxy, and to mutated proteins at position Trp-457. This tryptophan interacts with the tetrahydrobiopterin cofactor BH4, and W457A/F mutations largely reduced the catalytic formation of NO. BH4 decreases the rate of NO rebinding to the ferric iNOSoxy compared with...
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