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Redox properties of the lipocalin alpha1-microglobulin: reduction of cytochrome c, hemoglobin, and free iron.
Free radical biology & medicine - 1 Mar 2005
Allhorn Maria, Klapyta Anna, Akerström Bo
Abstract excerpt
alpha1-Microglobulin (alpha1m) is a 26-kDa plasma and tissue glycoprotein. The protein has a heterogeneous yellow-brown chromophore consisting of small unidentified prosthetic groups localized to a free thiol group (C34) and three lysyl residues (K92, K118, and K130) around the entrance to a hydrophobic pocket. It was recently reported that alpha1m can bind heme and that a C-terminally processed form of alpha1m...
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