title: Scavenging of reactive nitrogen species by oxygenated hemoglobin: globin radicals and nitrotyrosines distinguish nitrite from nitric oxide reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pietraforte
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Salzano
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scorza
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minetti
mesh_terms: D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000097:blood*; D005609:Free Radicals; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008706:Methemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009566:Nitrates / Q000097:blood; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000097:blood*; D009573:Nitrites / Q000097:blood*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism*; D026361:Reactive Nitrogen Species / Q000097:blood*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D019097:Spin Trapping; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D005609:Free Radicals; D006454:Hemoglobins; D009566:Nitrates; D009573:Nitrites; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins; D026361:Reactive Nitrogen Species; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C002744:3-nitrotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; C100003:deoxyhemoglobin; D008706:Methemoglobin