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In 175 dogs myocardial infarction was produced by high ligation of descending branch of left coronary artery. At various intervals after the intervention (1, 3, 5, 10, 30, 180 days), the activities and levels of NAD, NADH, FAD, riboflavin, cytochrome C, myoglobin, some NAD-dependent Krebs cycle enzymes, and mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase and cytochrome oxidase were determined in the infarcted zone. It was found that in the infarcted zone there occurred substantial disturbances of various links constituting the tissue oxidative chain, in the stages of substrate dehydrogenation, electron transport to oxygen molecule, and myocardial oxygen uptake. The greatest disturbances took place in the systems of NAD and NAD-dependent enzymes, whereas the succinate oxidation system sustained substantially lesser damage. The decrease inlevels of flavonoids, which was likewise observed, participated also in the mechanism inhibiting succinate dehydrogenase. The cytochrome system activity was limited by the level of cytochrome C, whose deep decrease persisted considerably long in the infarcted zone. A certain role in disturbances of oxidative processes may have been played by the decreased concentration of myoglobin, an important myocardial reservoir of oxygen.
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PMID:Some myocardial factors of biological oxidation in experimental myocardial infarction. 19 79

A hemoglobin-like protein is found in some of the single-celled organisms, but its structure is quite different from that of mammalian myoglobin or hemoglobin. For instance, a protozoan myoglobin isolated from Paramecium caudatum consists of 116 amino acid residues, so that this contracted form is nearly two thirds of sperm whale myoglobin. Yeast hemoglobin from Candida norvegensis, on the other hand, is composed of a single polypeptide chain with 387 amino acid residues, but of two distinct domains carrying different functions; that is the N-terminal, heme-containing region and the C-terminal, FAD-containing reductase domain. The very unique structures of these ancient hemoproteins tell us their own strategies to overcome many difficulties in the reversible and stable binding of molecular oxygen, a very strong oxidizing agent, to the heme iron(II) in aqueous solutions.
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PMID:The unique structures of protozoan myoglobin and yeast hemoglobin: an evolutionary diversity. 758 95

Globins are an ancient and diverse superfamily of proteins. The globins of microorganisms were relatively ignored for many decades after their discovery by Warburg in the 1930s and rediscovery by Keilin in the 1950s. The relatively recent focus on them has been fuelled by recognition of their structural diversity and fine-tuning to fulfill (probably) discrete functions but particularly by the finding that a major role of certain globins is in protection from the stresses caused by exposure to nitric oxide (NO)--itself a molecule that has attracted intense curiosity recently. At least three classes of microbial globin are recognised, all having features of the classical globin protein fold. The first class is typified by the myoglobin-like haemprotein Vgb from the bacterium Vitreoscilla, which has attracted considerable attention because of its ability to improve growth and metabolism for biotechnological gain in a variety of host cells, even though its physiological function is not fully understood. The truncated globins are widely distributed in bacteria, microbial eukaryotes as well as plants and are characterised by being 20-40 residues shorter than Vgb. The polypeptide is folded into a two-over-two helical structure while retaining the essential features of the globin superfamily. Roles in oxygen and NO metabolism have been proposed. The third and best understood class comprises the flavohaemoglobins, which were first discovered and partly characterised in yeast. These are distinguished by the presence of an additional domain with binding sites for FAD and NAD(P)H. Widely distributed in bacteria, these proteins undoubtedly confer protection from NO and nitrosative stresses, probably by direct consumption of NO. However, a bewildering array of enzymatic capabilities and the presence of an active site in the haem pocket reminiscent of peroxidases hint at other functions. A full understanding of microbial globins promises advances in controlling the interactions of pathogenic bacteria with their animal and plant hosts, and manipulations of microbial oxygen transfer with biotechnological applications.
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PMID:Microbial globins. 1456 Jun 66