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The structure of murine neuroglobin: Novel pathways for ligand migration and binding.
Proteins - 1 Jul 2004
Vallone Beatrice, Nienhaus Karin, Brunori Maurizio, Nienhaus G Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
Neuroglobin, a recently discovered globin predominantly expressed in neuronal tissue of vertebrates, binds small, gaseous ligands at the sixth coordination position of the heme iron. In the absence of an exogenous ligand, the distal histidine (His64) binds to the heme iron in the ferrous and ferric states. The crystal structure of murine ferric (met) neuroglobin at 1.5 A reveals interesting features relevant to...
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