Globins and Other Nitric Oxide-Reactive Proteins, Part A

Section I. Nitric Oxide: Chemical and Analytical Methods<br><br>Chapter 1<br>The Chemistry of Nitric Oxide and Related Species<br>Martin H. Hughes<br><br>Chapter 2<br>Delivery of nitric oxide for analysis of the function of cytochrome c’.<br>Lindsay J. Cole, Wilhelmina M. Huston, and James W.B. Moir<br><br>Chapter 3<br>The preparation and purification of NO gas and the use of NO releasers. The application of NO donors and other agents of nitrosative stress in biological systems <br>Rubina G. Aga and Martin N. Hughes<br><br>Chapter 4<br>The Chemistry of Peroxynitrite – Implications for Biological Activity<br>Sara Goldstein and Gabor Merényi<br><br>Chapter 5<br>Nitric Oxide (NO) Selective Electrodes<br>Ian R. Davies, Xueji Zhang<br><br>Chapter 6<br>NO, N2O and O2 Reaction Kinetics: Scope and Limitations of the Clark Electrode<br>L.A.M. Pouvreau, M. J. F. Strampraad, S. Van Berloo, J. H. Kattenberg and S. de Vries<br><br>Chapter 7<br>Chemiluminescence quantification of Nitric oxide and its derivatives in liquid samples<br>Jay R. Laver, Tânia M. Stevanin, Robert C. Read<br><br>Section II. Bacterial and Archaeal Hemoglobins<br><br>Chapter 8<br>Interactions of nitric oxide with hemoglobin: from microbes to man<br>Michael Angelo, Alfred Hausladen and Jonathan S. Stamler<br><br>Chapter 9<br>Expression and purification of E. coli Hmp<br>Robert K. Poole <br><br>Chapter 10<br>Structural studies on flavohemoglobins<br>Andrea Ilari and Alberto Boffi<br><br>Chapter 11<br>Flavohemoglobin of Staphylococcus aureus<br>Lígia S. Nobre, Vera L. Gonçalves and Lígia M. Saraiva<br><br>Chapter 12<br>Assay and Characterization of the Nitric Oxide Dioxygenase Activity of (Flavo)Hemoglobins<br>Paul R. Gardner<br><br>Chapter 13<br>Globin Interactions with Lipids and Membranes<br>Antonio Di Giulio and Alessandra Bonamore<br><br>Chapter 14<br>Assessment of Biotechnologically Relevant Characteristics of Heterologous Hemoglobins in Escherichia coli<br>Pauli T. Kallio, Christian J. T. Bollinger, Taija Koskenkorva, and Alexander D. Frey<br><br>Chapter 15<br>Applications of the Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) gene (vgb) for improved microbial fermentation processes<br>Xiao-Xing WEI, Guo-Qiang CHEN<br><br>Chapter 16<br>Expression and Purification of Cgb and Ctb, the NO-Inducible Globins of the Foodborne Bacterial Pathogen Campylobacter jejuni<br>James L. Pickford, Laura Wainwright, Guanghui Wu, Robert K. Poole<br><br>Chapter 17<br>Mapping Heme-Ligand Tunnel in Group I Truncated(2/2) Hemoglobins <br>Alessandra Pesce, Mario Milani, Marco Nardini and Martino Bolognesi<br><br>Chapter 18<br>Scavenging of reactive nitrogen species by mycobacterial truncated hemoglobins<br>Paolo Ascenzi and Paolo Visca<br><br>Section III. Other Hemoglobins<br><br>Chapter 19<br>Expression, purification and crystallisation of neuro-and cytoglobin<br>Sylvia Dewilde, Kirsten Mees, Laurent Coger, Christophe Lechauve, Michael C. Marden, Alexandra Pesce, Martino Bolognesi, Luc Monees<br><br>Chapter 20<br>Measurement of distal histidine coordination equilibrium and kinetics in hexacoordinate hemoglobins.<br>Benoit J. Smagghe, Puspita Halder, and Mark S. Hargrove<br><br>Chapter 21<br>Purification of Class 1 Plant Hemoglobins and Examination of their Functional Properties<br>Abir U. Igamberdiev and Robert D. Hill<br><br>Chapter 22<br>Use of in silico (computer) methods to predict and analyze the tertiary structure of plant hemoglobins<br>Sabarinathan Kuttalingam Gopalasubramaniam, Verónica Garrocho-Villegas, Genoveva Bustos Rivera, Nina Pastor and Raúl Arredondo-Peter<br><br>Chapter 23<br>A Self-induction Method to Produce High Quantities of Recombinant Functional Flavo-Leghemoglobin Reductase.<br>Estibaliz Urarte, Iñigo Auzmendi, Selene Rol, Idoia Ariz, Pedro Aparicio-Tejo, Raúl Arredondo-Peter and Jose F. Moran<br><br>Chapter 24<br>Spectroscopic and crystallographic characterization of bis-histidyl adducts in tetrameric hemoglobins<br>Alessandro Vergara, Luigi Vitagliano, Cinzia Verde, Guido di Prisco, Lelio Mazzarella<br><br>Chapter 25<br>Dinitrosyl Iron Complexes Bound with Haemoglobin as Markers of Oxidative Stress<br>Konstantin B. Shumaev, Olga V. Kosmachevskaya, Alexandr A. Timoshin, Anatoly F. Vanin and Alexey F. Topunov<br><br>Chapter 26<br>Linked analysis of large cooperative, allosteric systems: the case of the giant HBL hemoglobins<br>Nadja Hellmann, Roy E. Weberb and Heinz Decker<br><br>Chapter 27<br>Mass Mapping of Large Globin Complexes by Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy<br>Joseph S. Wall, Martha N. Simon, Beth Y. Lin, Serge N. Vinogradov<br><br>Chapter 28<br>Mini-Hemoglobins from Nemertean Worms<br>Thomas L. Vandergon and Austen F. Riggs<br><br>Chapter 29<br>Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics of Globin Genes in Fish<br>Enrico Negrisolo, Luca Bargelloni, Tomaso Patarnello, Catherine Ozouf-Costaz, Eva Pisano, Guido di Prisco, Cinzia Verde<br><br>Chapter 30<br>Inferring Evolution of Fish Proteins: The Globin Case Study<br>Agnes Dettai, Guideo de Prisco, Guillaume Lecointre, Elio Parisi, Cinzia Verde<br><br>Chapter 31<br>Tracing Globin Phylogeny Using PSI-BLAST Searches <br>Based on Groups of Sequences <br>Serge N. Vinogradov