A conserved tryptophan in nitric oxide synthase regulates heme-dioxy reduction by tetrahydrobiopterin.
Wang ZQ, Wei CC, Ghosh S, Meade AL, Hemann C, Hille R, Stuehr DJ.
Wang ZQ, et al. Among authors: hemann c.
Biochemistry. 2001 Oct 30;40(43):12819-25. doi: 10.1021/bi011182s.
Biochemistry. 2001.
PMID: 11669618
In nitric oxide synthase (NOS), (6R)-tetrahydrobiopterin (H(4)B) binds near the heme and can reduce a heme-dioxygen intermediate (Fe(II)O(2)) during Arg hydroxylation [Wei, C.-C., Wang, Z.-Q., Wang, Q., Meade, A. L., Hemann, C., Hille, R., and Stuehr, …
In nitric oxide synthase (NOS), (6R)-tetrahydrobiopterin (H(4)B) binds near the heme and can reduce a heme-dioxygen intermediate (Fe(II)O(2) …