Unveiling the three-dimensional structure of the green pigment of nitrite-cured meat
Yi, J., Richter-Addo, G.B.(2012) Chem Commun (Camb) 48: 4172-4174
- PubMed: 22430128 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc31065a
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3VAU - PubMed Abstract: 
The 1.70 Å-resolution X-ray crystal structure of the green pigment occasionally present in nitrite-cured meat reveals a regiospecific nitration of the heme at the 2-vinyl position; the regiospecificity is favored on steric grounds, and results in movement of the 2-nitrovinyl moiety into the plane of the 24-atom heme macrocycle.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. [email protected]