Nitrophorins
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Name (Latin)
Nitrophorins
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Hemoproteins
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MARC
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Q7041499
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sh2020001062
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Cheng, M. Application and development of 2D IR spectroscopy for the study of complex biological systems, 2013:abstr. (the heme protein Nitrophorin-4) p. 11 (Nitrophorins (NPs) are a particular class of hemeproteins that bind specifically to NO. These hemeproteins are commonly found in the saliva of blood feeding insects)
- Pfam 32.0 database, via WWW, Apr. 15, 2020(Family: Nitrophorin; Nitrophorins are haemoproteins found in saliva of blood-feeding insects. Saliva of the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus (Triatomid bug) contains four homologous nitrophorins, designated NP1 to NP4 in order of their relative abundance in the glands)
- Nature structural biology, v. 7 (2000):p. 551 (The nitrophorins comprise an unusual family of proteins that use ferric (Fe(III)) heme to transport highly reactive nitric oxide (NO) from the salivary gland of a blood sucking bug to the victim, resulting in vasodilation and reduced blood coagulation)
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, Feb. 18, 2009:p. 2313 (The nitrophorins are a group of NO-carrying heme proteins found in the saliva of at least two species of blood-sucking insects, Rhodnius prolixus, the "kissing bug", which has four such proteins in the adult insect and at least three additional nitrophorins in earlier stages of development, and Cimex lectularius, the bedbug, which has only one. These interesting heme proteins sequester nitric oxide that is produced by a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) that is similar to vertebrate constituitive NOS and is present in the cells of the salivary glands)
- University of Arizona Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry website, Apr. 15, 2020:William Montfort faculty web page (nitrophorins, a family of NO transport proteins from blood-sucking insects)
Wikipedia description:
Nitrophorins are hemoproteins found in the saliva of blood-feeding insects.
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