Myoglobin Publications (1994-2002)

Tryptophan-14 is the Preferred Site of DBNBS Spin Trapping in the Self-Peroxidation Reaction of Sperm Whale Metmyoglobin. Gunther, M. R., Tschirret-Guth, R. A., Lardinois, O. M., and Ortiz de Montellano, P. R. (2002) Submitted for publication.

Assignment of the Heme Axial Ligand(s) for the Ferric Myoglobin (H93G) and Heme Oxygenase (H25A) Cavity Mutants as Oxygen Donors Using Magnetic Circular Dichroism. Pond, A. E., Roach, M. P., Sono, M., Rux A. H., Franzen, S., Hu, R., Ramser-Thomas, M., Wilks, A., Ikeda-Saito, M., Ortiz de Montellano, P. R., Woodruff, W. H., Boxer, S. G., and Dawson, J. H. (1999) Biochemistry  38, 7601-7608.  HTML

Trifluoromethyldiazirinylphenyldiazenes: New Hemoprotein Active Site Probes. Tschirret-Guth, R. A., Medzihradszky, K. F., and Ortiz de Montellano, P. R. (1999) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121, 4731-4737. HTML, PDF 

Specific Azidophenyldiazene Hemoprotein Active Site Probes. Cross-linking of the Heme to His-64 in Myoglobin. Tschirret-Guth, R. A., Medzihradszky, K. F., and Ortiz de Montellano, P. R. (1998) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 7404-7410. HTML PDF

Site-Specific Spin Trapping of Tyrosine Radicals in the Oxidation of Metmyoglobin by Hydrogen Peroxide. Gunther, M. R., Tschirret-Guth, R. A., Witkowska, H. E., Fann, Y. C., Barr, D. P., Ortiz de Montellano, P. R., and Mason, R. P. (1998) Biochem. J. 330, 1293-1299. HTML PDF

Peroxidation of a Specific Tryptophan of Metmyoglobin by Hydrogen Peroxide. DeGray, J. A., Gunther, M. R., Tschirret-Guth, R., Ortiz de Montellano, P. R., and Mason, R. P. (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272, 2359-2362. HTML PDF

Protein Radicals in Myoglobin Dimerization and Myoglobin-Catalyzed Styrene Epoxidation. Tschirret-Guth, R. A., and Ortiz de Montellano, P. R. (1996) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 335, 93-101. HTML PDF

Requirement of a Second Oxidation Equivalent for Ferryl-Oxygen Transfer to Styrene in the Epoxidation Catalyzed by Myoglobin-H₂O₂. Choe, Y. S., Rao, S. I., and Ortiz de Montellano, P. R. (1994) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 314, 126-131.

Lipoxygenase Activity of Myoglobin: Oxidation of Linoleic Acid by the Ferryl Oxygen and Rather than Protein Radical. Rao, S., Wilks, A., Hamberg, M., and Ortiz de Montellano, P. R. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 7210-7216.