Crystal structures of CO-, Deoxy- and Met-myoglobins at various pH values

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 762-774

  Yang, Fan ^a   Phillips Jr , George N ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational changes; pH studies; Protein structure; Sperm whale myoglobin; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMYOGLOBIN; HEME; HISTIDINE; METMYOGLOBIN; MYOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; WHALE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON;

EID: 0029986887     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0123     Document Type: Article

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