Title: Leghemoglobin
CAS Name: Legoglobin
Literature References: Hemoglobin-like red pigment present in the root nodules of leguminous plants. Isolation from soya beans: Keilin, Wang, Nature 155, 227 (1945); Appleby, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 60, 226 (1962). Mol wt is approx one-fourth that of hemoglobin: Ehrenberg, Ellfolk, Acta Chem. Scand. 17, S343 (1963). Resolved into four components on DEAE-cellulose column: Ellfolk, ibid. 14, 609 (1960). Suggested to act as an oxido-reduction catalyst in the symbiotic nitrogen fixation: idem, ibid. 15, 975 (1961). Primary structure of soybean leghemoglobin: Ellfolk, Sievers, ibid. 25, 3532 (1971). |