FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as TRHBO_MYCTU, glbO. When expressed in E.coli and M.smegmatis, HbO increases oxygen uptake. Membrane vesicles of E.coli carrying HbO show a respiration activity about twice that of membranes without HbO. HbO seems to interact with a terminal oxidase. Therefore, HbO could participate in oxygen/electron-transfer process, suggesting a function related to the facilitation of oxygen transfer during aerobic metabolism of M.tuberculosis. Homododecamer.

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enzyme classification

glbO

Group 2 truncated hemoglobin GlbO

glbO

Molecular Synopsis