PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 1660880-1 1991 Recombinant human myoglobin mutants with the distal histidine residue replaced by Leu, Val, or Gln residues have been prepared by site-directed mutagenesis and expression in Escherichia coli. Leucine 82-85 myoglobin Homo sapiens 18-27 1660880-5 1991 To our surprise, the distal Leu mutant has a less restricted, less sterically crowded distal heme pocket than that of the distal Val mutant myoglobin, despite the fact that Leu has a larger side chain volume than Val. Leucine 28-31 myoglobin Homo sapiens 140-149 1660880-5 1991 To our surprise, the distal Leu mutant has a less restricted, less sterically crowded distal heme pocket than that of the distal Val mutant myoglobin, despite the fact that Leu has a larger side chain volume than Val. Leucine 173-176 myoglobin Homo sapiens 140-149