title: Myoglobin: Just an Oxygen Store or Also an Oxygen Transporter?
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.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum Physiologie, Medizinische Hochschule, 30623 Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus D.
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Jürgens
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Gerolf
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gros