| Literature DB >> 11390925 |
Klaus D. Jürgens1, Simon Papadopoulos, Thomas Peters, Gerolf Gros.
Abstract
Besides acting as an oxygen store during times of reduced blood oxygen supply, myoglobin can also facilitate intracellular oxygen transport by diffusion of oxymyoglobin along a PO(2) gradient. We reassess the importance of myoglobin-facilitated oxygen diffusion by applying new findings on the intracellular diffusivity of myoglobin in a model calculation.Entities:
Year: 2000 PMID: 11390925 DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.2000.15.5.269
Source DB: PubMed Journal: News Physiol Sci ISSN: 0886-1714