Generation of Nitric Oxide by a Nitrite Reductase Activity of Xanthine Oxidase: A Potential Pathway...

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Volume 249, Number 3 (1998), in Article No. RC989226, “Generation of Nitric Oxide by a Nitrite Reductase Activity of Xanthine Oxidase: A Potential Pathway for Nitric Oxide Formation in the Absence of Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity,” by Zhi Zhang, Declan Naughton, Paul G. Winyard, Nigel Benjamin, David R. Blake, and Martyn C. R. Symons, pages 767–772: On page 771, Fig. 4, the element on the right should read “NO” instead of “N.” The legend was correct as printed. For the reader’s convenience, the correct Fig. 4 and its legend are printed here. This erratum is Article No. RC989482. Volume 250, Number 1 (1998), in Article No. RC989279, “Functional Effects of FGF-13 on Human Lung Fibroblasts, Dermal Microvascular Endothelial Cells, and Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells,” by Kam H. Leung, Vani Pippalla, Anne Kreutter, and Mary Chandler, pages 137–142: On page 142, acknowledgments and a note added in proof were inadvertently omitted. For the reader’s conve- nience, the acknowledgments and note added in proof are printed here. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors thank Dr. Theodora Salcedo for reviewing the manu- script and our Departments of Protein Purification and Molecular Biology for providing FGF-13. We also thank Dr. Gianni Garotta and Dr. Brent Kreider for their support. Note added in proof. Due to a recent change in the nomenclature for the FGF family, FGF-13 is now renamed FGF-16. This erratum is Article No. RC989396. FIG. 4. Proposed mechanism for the nitrite reductase activity of XO, in comparison with the conventional xanthine oxidase activity of XO. The Mo and FAD sites of XO are illustrated, but the two Fe/S sites are not shown for simplicity. X represents xanthine; XOH, uric acid. Vol. 251, No. 2, 1998 BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 667

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Volume 249, Number 3 (1998), in Article No. RC989226, “Generation ofNitric Oxide by a Nitrite Reductase Activity of Xanthine Oxidase: A PotentialPathway for Nitric Oxide Formation in the Absence of Nitric Oxide SynthaseActivity,” by Zhi Zhang, Declan Naughton, Paul G. Winyard, Nigel Benjamin,David R. Blake, and Martyn C. R. Symons, pages 767–772: On page 771, Fig.4, the element on the right should read “NO” instead of “N.” The legend wascorrect as printed. For the reader’s convenience, the correct Fig. 4 and itslegend are printed here.

This erratum is Article No. RC989482.

Volume 250, Number 1 (1998), in Article No. RC989279, “Functional Effectsof FGF-13 on Human Lung Fibroblasts, Dermal Microvascular EndothelialCells, and Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells,” by Kam H. Leung, Vani Pippalla, AnneKreutter, and Mary Chandler, pages 137–142: On page 142, acknowledgmentsand a note added in proof were inadvertently omitted. For the reader’s conve-nience, the acknowledgments and note added in proof are printed here.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank Dr. Theodora Salcedo for reviewing the manu-script and our Departments of Protein Purification and MolecularBiology for providing FGF-13. We also thank Dr. Gianni Garotta andDr. Brent Kreider for their support.

Note added in proof. Due to a recent change in the nomenclaturefor the FGF family, FGF-13 is now renamed FGF-16.

This erratum is Article No. RC989396.

FIG. 4. Proposed mechanism for the nitrite reductase activity ofXO, in comparison with the conventional xanthine oxidase activityof XO. The Mo and FAD sites of XO are illustrated, but the twoFe/S sites are not shown for simplicity. X represents xanthine; XOH,uric acid.

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