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Flash photolysis studies on nitric oxide‐ferrihemoprotein complexes evidence for the photodissociation into the ferric state
Author(s) -
Tamura Mamoru,
Kobayashi Kazuo,
Hayashi Koichiro
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(78)80622-x
Subject(s) - flash photolysis , library science , chemistry , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , reaction rate constant , kinetics
In order to study the kinetic behavior of ligand binding, flash photolysis is widely used with various hemoproteins [l-4]. The applicability of this method, however, seems to be limited to the ferrous ligated complexes, such as CO, O2 and NO complexes, since it has been believed that only those ferrous complexes are photodissociable. To extend this technique to the ferric state, we have examined the photodissociability of the various complexes of ferrihemoproteins.