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SUBMITTER: Le Nguyen YH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2596599 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Le Nguyen Yen Hoang YH Winkler Jay R JR Gray Harry B HB
The journal of physical chemistry. B 20070531 24
Mammalian inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) catalyzes the production of l-citrulline and nitric oxide (NO) from L-arginine and O2. The Soret peak in the spectrum of the iNOS heme domain (iNOSoxy) shifts from 423 to 390 nm upon addition of a sensitizer-wire, [ReI-imidazole-(CH2)8-nitroarginine]+, or [ReC8argNO2]+, owing to partial displacement of the water ligand in the active site. From analysis of competitive binding experiments with imidazole, the dissociation constant (Kd) for [ReC8argNO ...[more]