Effects of the arrangement of a distal histidine on regioselectivity of the coupled oxidation of sperm whale myoglobin mutants

Abstract

The arrangement of a distal histidine of sperm whale myoglobin alters the regioselectivity of the heme degradation by coupled oxidation.

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