Structural highlights
Function
[MYG_HORSE] Serves as a reserve supply of oxygen and facilitates the movement of oxygen within muscles.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The 1.70 A-resolution X-ray crystal structure of the green pigment occasionally present in nitrite-cured meat reveals a regiospecific nitration of the heme at the 2-vinyl position; the regiospecificity is favored on steric grounds, and results in movement of the 2-nitrovinyl moiety into the plane of the 24-atom heme macrocycle.
Unveiling the three-dimensional structure of the green pigment of nitrite-cured meat.,Yi J, Richter-Addo GB Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 May 4;48(35):4172-4. Epub 2012 Mar 20. PMID:22430128[1]
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References
- ↑ Yi J, Richter-Addo GB. Unveiling the three-dimensional structure of the green pigment of nitrite-cured meat. Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 May 4;48(35):4172-4. Epub 2012 Mar 20. PMID:22430128 doi:10.1039/c2cc31065a
