Structural and Functional Characterization of the Globin-Coupled Sensors of and .

Structural and functional characterization of the globin-coupled sensors (GCSs) from (GReg) and (GReg). Ultraviolet/visible and resonance Raman spectroscopies confirm the presence in GReg and GReg of a globin domain capable of reversible gaseous ligand binding. In GReg, an influence of the transmitter domain on the heme proximal region of the globin domain can be seen, and ' is higher than for other GCSs.

Antarctic fish versus human cytoglobins - The same but yet so different.

The cytoglobins of the Antarctic fish Chaenocephalus aceratus and Dissostichus mawsoni have many features in common with human cytoglobin. These cytoglobins are heme proteins in which the ferric and ferrous forms have a characteristic hexacoordination of the heme iron, i.e.

Ligand Binding to Chlorite Dismutase from Magnetospirillum sp.

Chlorite dismutase (Cld) catalyzes the reduction of chlorite to chloride and dioxygen. Here, the ligand binding to Cld of Magnetospirillum sp. (MaCld) is investigated with X-ray crystallography and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR).