Nitrate binding to limulus polyphemus subunit type II hemocyanin and its functional implications

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 532-542

  Hazes, Bart ^a,d   Magnus, Karen A ^b   Kalk, Kor H ^a   Bonaventura, Celia ^c   Hol, Wim G J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosteric regulation; Bohr effect; Crystal structure; Hemocyanin; Nitrate binding

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE ION; DIVALENT CATION; HEMOCYANIN; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTON;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HEMOLYMPH; LIMULUS; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 0030568995     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0533     Document Type: Article

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