Dioxygen Binding and Sensing Proteins A Tribute to Beatrice and Jonathan Wittenberg

Before reading that article, myoglobin and oxygen diffusion was a mystery to me. With their work, biochemistry and physiology became a dynamic presence in my life." (Cinzia Verde)

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bolognesi, Martino (Editor), di Prisco, Guido (Editor), Verde, Cinzia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milano Springer Milan 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
Series:Protein Reviews
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A Dedication to Beatrice and Jonathan Wittenberg
  • Reflections on Beatrice and Jonathan Wittenberg
  • The Wittenbergs: A Personal Appreciation
  • A Crystallographer’s Perspective on the 2/2Hb Family
  • The Phylogeny and Structural Properties of 2/2 Haemoglobins
  • Reexamining Data from the Past Related to the Evolution of the Functional Properties of the Haemoglobins of the Teleost Fish
  • Evolutionary Physiology of Oxygen Secretion in the Eye of Fishes of the Suborder Notothenioidei
  • Mutagenic Studies on the Origins of the Root Effect
  • Redox Reactions of Cross-linked Haemoglobins with Oxygen and Nitrite
  • Bis-histidyl Ferric Adducts in Tetrameric Haemoglobins
  • Cooperativity and Ligand-linked Polymerisation in Scapharca Tetrameric Haemoglobin
  • Human Serum Haeme-albumin: An Allosteric ‘Chronosteric’ Protein
  • T- and R-state Tertiary Relaxations in Sol-gel Encapsulated Haemoglobin
  • From O2 Diffusion into Red Blood Cells to Ligand Pathways in Globins
  • Myoglobin Strikes Back
  • The Bilatarian Sea Urchin and the Radial Starlet Sea Anemone Globins Share Strong Homologies with Vertebrate Neuroglobins
  • Whale Rider: The Co-occurrence of Haemoglobin and Haemocyanin in Cyamus scammoni
  • Neuroglobin and Other Nerve Haemoglobins
  • Ever Surprising Nematode Globins
  • Microbial Haemoglobins: Proteins at the Crossroads of Oxygen and Nitric Oxide Metabolism