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THE rate of synthesis of hæmoproteins has been studied by measuring their incorporation of iron-59. Most of these studies have concerned hæmoglobin, but some1,2 also myoglobin, catalase, cytochrome c and cytochrome b 5. No report on the incorporation of iron-59 into cytochrome oxidase has yet appeared. Except for cytochrome c and cytochrome oxidase, the above pigments all contain protohæm, so that measurement of their individual uptake of iron-59 requires their previous separation, which is often difficult.
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LEMBERG, R., BENSON, A. Incorporation of Radioactive Iron into Hæmatin a . Nature 183, 678–679 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183678a0
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