SPERM WHALE MYOGLOBIN (FERROUS, NITRIC OXIDE BOUND)
Nitric oxide myoglobin: crystal structure and analysis of ligand geometry.
MVLSEGEWQLVLHVWAKVEADVAGHGQDIFIRLFKSHPETLEKFDRFKHLKTEAEMKASEDLKKHGVTVLTALGAILKKK GHHEAELKPLAQSHATKHKIPIKYLEFISEAIIHVLHSRHPGNFGADAQGAMNKALELFRKDIAAKYKELGYQG
THIS STRUCTURE HAS THREE DIFFERENCES RELATIVE TO THE NATIVE SPERM WHALE PROTEIN: AN INITIATOR METHIONINE, RESIDUE 29 (LEUCINE) REPLACED WITH PHENYLALANINE, AND RESIDUE 122 (ASPARTIC ACID) REPLACED WITH ASPARAGINE.
MOEWS & KRETSINGER, J.MOL.BIOL.91(1973)201-228
GLOBIN, HEME, OXYGEN STORAGE, NITRIC OXIDE, OXYGEN TRANSPORT
VLSEGEWQLVLHVWAKVEADVAGHGQDILIRLFKSHPETLEKFDRFKHLKTEAEMKASEDLKKHGVTVLTALGAILKKKG HHEAELKPLAQSHATKHKIPIKYLEFISEAIIHVLHSRHPGDFGADAQGAMNKALELFRKDIAAKYKELGYQG