Items for "haemoglobin"

Mechanism of methaemoglobin breakdown by the lysine-specific gingipain of the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis

The R- and K-gingipain proteases of Porphyromonas gingivalis are involved in proteolysis of haemoglobin from which the defensive dimeric haem pigment is formed...

Keywords: gingipains, haem, haemoglobin, periodontal disease, Porphyromonas, protease