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Neuroglobin
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Neuroglobin (NGB) is involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis. It binds oxygen reversibly. It increases oxygen availability in the brain. It is a monomer containing a heme group[1].
3D Structures of Neuroglobin
Updated on 09-May-2016
3gk9, 3gkt, 2vry, 1q1f, 4mu5, 4nzi, 4o1t, 4o4t – mNGB (mutant) – mouse
3gln, 1w92, 4o2g, 4o35 – mNGB (mutant) + CO
4o4z – mNGB (mutant) + N2O
1oj6 – hNGB (mutant) - human
4mpm – hNGB
4b4y – NGB – Symsagittifera roscoffensis
References
- ↑ Uzan J, Dewilde S, Burmester T, Hankeln T, Moens L, Hamdane D, Marden MC, Kiger L. Neuroglobin and other hexacoordinated hemoglobins show a weak temperature dependence of oxygen binding. Biophys J. 2004 Aug;87(2):1196-204. PMID:15298922 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.104.042168
