Unveiling the three-dimensional structure of the green pigment of nitrite-cured meat.
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The 1.70 Å-resolution X-ray crystal structure of the green pigment occasionally present in nitrite-cured meat reveals a regiospecific nitration of the heme at the 2-vinyl position; the regiospecificity is favored on steric grounds, and results in movement of the 2-nitrovinyl moiety into the plane of the 24-atom heme macrocycle.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 48 35 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012