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UPDATE: The molecule is heme a, a component of cytochrome a and cytochrome a3. The cytochromes are cofactors in oxidation-reduction reactions where the heme group serves as an electron donor or acceptor. Today's winner is Raul A. Félix de Sousa. Several anonymous/pseudoanonymous respondants were also correct.
Winners
Nov. 2009: Jason Oakley, Alex Ling
Oct. 17: Bill Chaney, Roger Fan
Oct. 24: DK
Oct. 31: Joseph C. Somody
Nov. 7: Jason Oakley
Nov. 15: Thomas Ferraro, Vipulan Vigneswaran
Nov. 21: Vipulan Vigneswaran (honorary mention to Raul A. Félix de Sousa)
Nov. 28: Philip Rodger
Dec. 5: 凌嘉誠 (Alex Ling)
Dec. 12: Bill Chaney
Dec. 19: Joseph C. Somody
Jan. 9: Dima Klenchin
Jan. 23: David Schuller
Jan. 30: Peter Monaghan
Feb. 7: Thomas Ferraro, Charles Motraghi
Feb. 13: Joseph C. Somody
March 5: Albi Celaj
March 12: Bill Chaney, Raul A. Félix de Sousa
March 19: no winner
March 26: John Runnels, Raul A. Félix de Sousa
April 2: Sean Ridout
April 9: no winner
April 16: Raul A. Félix de Sousa
I believe that molecule is Heme A
ReplyDeleteHeme a, found in cytochromes, important for oxidative phosphorylation along mitochon membrane
ReplyDelete"Heme A was first isolated by the great German biochemist Otto Warburg in 1951 and shown by him to be the active component of the integral membrane metalloprotein cytochrome c oxidase" - Wikipedia
ReplyDeleteHeme A, it is found in cytochrome proteins were it functions to bind metal ions used in binding oxygen and electron transfers.
ReplyDeleteHeme A in its oxidised form. Cofactor for cytochrome C oxidase (important respiratory protein) and target of cyanide and other respiratory poisons.
ReplyDeleteMolecule # 166 is Heme A, in its oxidised form (i.e. with Fe3+) . It binds to Cytochrome c oxidase, an essential component of the electron transport chain in mitocondria and bacteria, central the process of aerobic respiration.
ReplyDeleteThe molecule is Heme A, which is found in cytochrome a and a3 as part of the cytochrome c oxidase complex at the end of the electron tranport chain. The iron atoms found in the middle of the two Heme A molecules play a role in transporing electrons from cytochrome c to the O2 molecules in order to allow the formation of water and the tranport of 4 hydrogen ions across the inner membrane of the mitochondria.
ReplyDelete(UofT Undergraduate)
heme A
ReplyDelete:)
Heme a
ReplyDeleteIt is the heme group of cytochromes a and a3 in complex IV (cytochrome c oxidase) of the electron transport chain. It participates in the transfer of electrons from cytochrome c to oxygen.