The blood protein hemoglobin and its relative, myoglobin, carry and store life-giving oxygen in many animals. Researchers long thought these complex proteins, with their unique fold, were the only ...

A globin protein has been discovered in the roundworm model Caenorhabditis elegans that is able to generate free radical signals. It is very likely that more unexpected globin discoveries will be ...

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers have identified the role of a protein in hemoglobin gene silencing that may one day be a potential target for the treatment of genetic ...

To produce a globin protein molecule, the DNA of the globin gene is first transcribed into a long RNA molecule from which internal segments must be excised, or spliced out, ...

Oxygen supply from the bird's eye perspective: Globin E is a respiratory protein in the chicken retina. Journal of Biological Chemistry , 2011; DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.224634 Cite This Page : ...

Sickle cell disease affects around 8 million people worldwide.It is caused by mutations in the β-globin protein that warp red blood cells and cause periodic pain crises and serious health ...

Globin proteins, beyond their traditional role in oxygen transport, are emerging as crucial regulators of cellular redox balance. Their diverse functions include modulating nitric oxide ...

Beta thalassemia, like its better-known cousin sickle-cell disease, is caused by a congenital defect in the globin protein, a key component of hemoglobin, the substance that allows our red blood ...

And as a coup de grâce, the isolated globin proteins can clog the filtration system of the kidneys and shut them down. Packaging hemoglobin into red blood cells (erythrocytes) helps to contain ...