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Hemoglobins

Objective:
To investigate the redox chemistry of wild type and mutant hemoglobins and myoglobins in relation to O2 and NO transport and storage functions, and allosteric control.


Difference in Redox Behavior Due to Heme Environment, and Allosteric,
and Thiosteric Effects


See for example:


“Anaerobic Oxidations of Myoglobin and Hemoglobin Using Spectroelectrochemistry” C. H. Taboy, C. Bonaventura and A. L. Crumbliss, Methods in Enzymology – Redox Cell Biology & Genetics, C. K. Sen and L. Packer, Volume Eds., J. N. Abelson and M I. Simon, Eds.-In-Chief, Academic Press, NY, p. 187, 2002.

“Critical Redox and Allosteric Aspects of Nitric Oxide Interactions with Hemoglobin” C. Bonaventura, A. Fago, R. W. Henkens and A. L. Crumbliss,  Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 6, 979 (2004).


Last update January 2005
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