Cytochrome b5

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Cytochrome b5 (CB) functions as an electron transport carrier for several membrane-bound oxygenases. CB is heme-containing protein. The microsomal and mitochondrial CB are membrane-bound while bacterial and other animal tissue CB are soluble. Cytochrome b562 is the the b-type cytochrome from E. coli.[1]

Rat heme-containing cytochrome b5 (PDB entry 1b5m)

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3D structures of cytochrome b53D structures of cytochrome b5

Updated on 17-December-2015

ReferencesReferences

  1. Larsen NA, Turner JM, Stevens J, Rosser SJ, Basran A, Lerner RA, Bruce NC, Wilson IA. Crystal structure of a bacterial cocaine esterase. Nat Struct Biol. 2002 Jan;9(1):17-21. PMID:11742345 doi:10.1038/nsb742

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