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ArticleBio-protocol

Pyridine Hemochromagen Assay for Determining the Concentration of Heme in Purified Protein Solutions.

Ian Barr, Feng Guo

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Article in Bio-protocol. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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75citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 152 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ian BarrDepartment of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, California, USA.
Feng GuoDepartment of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, California, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Molecular recognition and regulation in microRNA processing by the DGCR8 proteinR01GM080563 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GUO, FENG · 2007 to 2011
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heme is a common cofactor in proteins, found in hemoglobin, myoglobin, cytochrome P450, DGCR8, and nitric oxide synthase, among others. This protocol describes a method for quantifying heme that works best in purified protein samples. This protocol might be used to, for example, determine whether a given heme-binding protein is fully occupied by heme, thus allowing correlation of heme content with activity. This requires the absolute heme concentration and an accurate protein concentration. Another use is to determine the extinction coefficients of a heme-bound protein. This assay is fast, easy, and reproducible if done correctly.

Identifiers

PMID27390766
PMCPMC4932910
OpenAlexW2514494929

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