Fe-transferrins or their homologues in ex-vivo mushrooms as identified by ESR spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations: A full spin-Hamiltonian approach for the ferric sextet state with intermediate zero-field splitting parameters

• Published in: Food chemistry Vol. 266; pp. 24 - 30
• Main Authors: Nakazawa, Shigeaki, Kanno, Tomomi, Sugisaki, Kenji, Kameya, Hiromi, Matsui, Miki, Ukai, Mitsuko, Sato, Kazunobu, Takui, Takeji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 15.11.2018
• Subjects: Agaricales - chemistry; Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; Enzyme identification; Fe-transferrin; Humans; Iron - chemistry; Mushroom; Oxidation-Reduction; Quantum chemical calculations; Quantum Theory; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Transferrins - chemistry; Transferrins - metabolism; Zero-field splitting; Electron spin resonance spectroscopy; Fe-transferrin; Enzyme identification; Quantum chemical calculations; Zero-field splitting; Mushroom

•Fe-transferrins/homologues in edible mushrooms identified by ESR spectroscopy at 4 K.•The g-values and ZFS parameters close to those of Fe-transferrins in human serums.•The theoretical calculations of the ZFS parameters made for known Fe-transferrins.•The quantum chemical calculations support the i...