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Reversible Dioxygen Binding

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Biological Oxidations

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For the transport of molecular oxygen by extracellular fluids, for diffusion enhancement, and for storage of O2 within the cells (Hemmingsen 1963; Wittenberg et al. 1974) reversible dioxygen-metal adducts have to be formed (Antonini and Brunori 1971). Three classes of such adducts exist:Hemoglobins and myoglobins which provide mononuclear iron centers for binding of dioxygen (Antonini and Brunori 1971; Christomanos 1973), hemerythrins (Llinas 1973; Stenkamp and Jensen 1979; Stenkamp et al. 1981), and hemocyanins (Mangum 1980; Markl et al. 1982; van Holden and Miller 1982; Preaux and Gielens 1983), which utilize dinuclear iron and copper centers, respectively, for this purpose (see Table 1).

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Gersonde, K. (1983). Reversible Dioxygen Binding. In: Sund, H., Ullrich, V. (eds) Biological Oxidations. Colloquium der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie 14.–16. April 1983 in Mosbach/Baden, vol 34. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69467-7_9

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