Progress in our understanding of several biological processes promises to broaden the
usefulness of Escherichia coli as a tool for gene expression. There is an expanding choice …

After several decades of intensive efforts, safe injectable preparations capable of effectively
delivering O2 to tissues and removing CO2, ie, so-called blood substitutes, appear to be …

Methionine aminopeptidase (MAP) is a ubiquitous, essential enzyme involved in protein N-
terminal methionine excision. According to the generally accepted cleavage rules for MAP …

This Handbook on Metalloproteins focuses on the available structural information of proteins
and their metal ion coordination spheres. It centers on the metal ions indispensable for life …

Hemoglobin (Hb) is a truly remarkable molecule. Human adult hemoglobin (Hb A) has a
tetrameric structure consisting of two α-chains with 141 amino acids each and two β-chains …

Hemoglobin is a cofactor-containing protein with heme that plays important roles in
transporting and storing oxygen. Hemoglobins have been widely applied as acellular …

Small hemoproteins displaying amino acid sequences 20–40 residues shorter than (non-)
vertebrate hemoglobins (Hbs) have recently been identified in several pathogenic and non …

Hemoglobin (Hb) is an essential component of the circulatory system of vertebrates. Its chief
physiological function is to transport oxygen from the lungs to the tissues. For reviews of the …

Since the approval of recombinant insulin from Escherichia coli for its clinical use in the early
1980s, the amount of recombinant pharmaceutical proteins obtained by microbial …

Cytoglobin is a recently discovered hemeprotein belonging to the globin superfamily
together with hemoglobin, myoglobin and neuroglobin. Although distributed in almost all …