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Review
. 1992 Dec 18;258(5090):1898-902.
doi: 10.1126/science.1281928.

Biochemistry of nitric oxide and its redox-activated forms

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Biochemistry of nitric oxide and its redox-activated forms

J S Stamler et al. Science. .

Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO.), a potentially toxic molecule, has been implicated in a wide range of biological functions. Details of its biochemistry, however, remain poorly understood. The broader chemistry of nitrogen monoxide (NO) involves a redox array of species with distinctive properties and reactivities: NO+ (nitrosonium), NO., and NO- (nitroxyl anion). The integration of this chemistry with current perspectives of NO biology illuminates many aspects of NO biochemistry, including the enzymatic mechanism of synthesis, the mode of transport and targeting in biological systems, the means by which its toxicity is mitigated, and the function-regulating interaction with target proteins.

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  • No lack of NO activity.
    Bonner FT, Hughes MN. Bonner FT, et al. Science. 1993 Apr 9;260(5105):145-6. Science. 1993. PMID: 8469963 No abstract available.

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