The crystal structure of nitrophorin 4 at 1.5 A resolution: transport of nitric oxide by a lipocalin-based heme protein.
Andersen, J.F., Weichsel, A., Balfour, C.A., Champagne, D.E., Montfort, W.R.(1998) Structure 6: 1315-1327
- PubMed: 9782054 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(98)00131-2
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1NP4 - PubMed Abstract: 
Nitrophorins are nitric oxide (NO) transport proteins from the saliva of blood-feeding insects, which act as vasodilators and anti-platelet agents. Rhodnius prolixus, an insect that carries the trypanosome that causes Chagas' disease, releases four NO-loaded nitrophorins during blood feeding, whereupon the ligand is released into the bloodstream or surrounding tissue of the host ...