Chemistry

摘要

Nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to play a key role in the human body, including nerve signal transduction, vasodilatation, blood clotting and immune response by white blood cells. Many of the biologically important reactions of nitric oxide are mediated by heme proteins. Previous studies have shown that production of NO and further reduction to nitrous oxide (N20) can be catalyzed by either bacterial or fungal enzymes via different reaction pathways.