Article
The unique structures of protozoan myoglobin and yeast hemoglobin: an evolutionary diversity.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology - 1 Nov 1995
Shikama K, Matsuoka A, Iwaasa H
Abstract excerpt
A hemoglobin-like protein is found in some of the single-celled organisms, but its structure is quite different from that of mammalian myoglobin or hemoglobin. For instance, a protozoan myoglobin isolated from Paramecium caudatum consists of 116 amino acid residues, so that this contracted form i...
Topics
- Animals
- Candida
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Hemeproteins
- Hemoglobins
- Myoglobin
- Oxygen
- Paramecium