Roles of the heme distal residues of FixL in O2 sensing: a single convergent structure of the heme moiety is relevant to the downregulation of kinase activity.

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FixL is a heme-based O(2) sensor, in which the autophosphorylation is regulated by the binding of exogenous ligands such as O(2) and CN(-). In this study, mutants of the heme distal Arg200, Arg208, Ile209, Ile210, and Arg214 residues of SmFixL were characterized biochemically and physicochemically, because it has been suggested that they are significant residues in ligand-linked kinase regulation. Measurements of...

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