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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-6
pubmed:abstractText
Peroxynitrite (oxoperoxonitrate(-1)), anion of peroxynitrous acid, is thought to mediate the toxic action of nitric oxide and superoxide anion. Peroxynitrite is formed in a fast reaction between these species, reacts with all classes of biomolecules, is cytotoxic, and is thought to be involved in many pathological phenomena. Its main reactions involve one- and two-electron oxidation and nitration. Protein nitration is often used as a footprint of peroxynitrite reactions in vivo. Nitration of tyrosine and of tyrosyl residues in proteins may be an important mechanism of derangement of biochemical signal transduction by this compound. However, apparently beneficial effects of peroxynitrite have also been described, among them formation of nitric oxide and nitric oxide donors in reactions of peroxynitrite with thiols and alcohols.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-527X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
645-59
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Peroxynitrite: mediator of the toxic action of nitric oxide.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biophysics, University of Lód?, Poland. gbartosz@krysia.uni.lodz.pl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't