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Donghong Zheng1, Ronald L Birke
1Department of Chemistry and Center for Analysis of Structures and Interfaces (CASI), The City College of New York, and The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA.
Abstract:
UV-vis stopped-flow results show that glutathionylcobalamin can react with nitric oxide at pH 7 to form nitrosylcob(II)alamin in a reaction second-order overall. From kinetic studies we suggest that nitric oxide attacks glutathionylcobalamin to form a caged transition state followed by formation of the nitrosylcob(II)alamin.
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