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SUBMITTER: Wang B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5548592 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nitric oxide : biology and chemistry 20170424
N-hydroxyamphetamine (AmphNHOH) is an oxidative metabolite of amphetamine and methamphetamine. It is known to form inhibitory complexes upon binding to heme proteins. However, its interactions with myoglobin (Mb) and hemoglobin (Hb) have not been reported. We demonstrate that the reactions of AmphNHOH with ferric Mb and Hb generate the respective heme-nitrosoamphetamine derivatives characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy. We have determined the X-ray crystal structure of the H64A Mb-nitrosoamphetam ...[more]