"Cytochromes b5" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cytochromes of the b group that are found bound to cytoplasmic side of ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM. They serve as electron carrier proteins for a variety of membrane-bound OXYGENASES. They are reduced by the enzyme CYTOCHROME-B(5) REDUCTASE.
| Descriptor ID |
D015786
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.244.187.500 D12.776.422.220.187.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Cytochromes b5- Cytochromes b5
- Cytochrome b5
- Ferricytochrome b5
- Cytochrome b-5
- Cytochrome b 5
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cytochromes b5" by people in Profiles.
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Vemula M, Kandasamy P, Oh CS, Chellappa R, Gonzalez CI, Martin CE. Maintenance and regulation of mRNA stability of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae OLE1 gene requires multiple elements within the transcript that act through translation-independent mechanisms. J Biol Chem. 2003 Nov 14; 278(46):45269-79.
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Utecht RE, Kurtz DM. Cytochrome b5 and NADH-cytochrome-b5 reductase from sipunculan erythrocytes; a methemerythrin reduction system from Phascolopsis gouldii. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1988 Mar 23; 953(2):164-78.
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Pearce LL, Utecht RE, Kurtz DM. Comparisons of redox kinetics of methemerythrin and mu-sulfidomethemerythrin. Implications for interactions with cytochrome b5. Biochemistry. 1987 Dec 29; 26(26):8709-17.