Comparison of Limulus α-macroglobulin with human α2-macroglobulin: Thiol ester characterization, subunit organization, and conformational change

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 337, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-201

  Bowen, Mark E ^a   Armstrong, Peter B ^b   Quigley, James P ^c   Gettins, Peter G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conformational change; dimer tetramer equilibrium; fluorescence; horseshoe crab; kinetics; Limulus polyphemus; thiol ester; macroglobulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CYSTEINE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; THIOESTER;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; HEMOLYMPH; HUMAN; LIMULUS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

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

EID: 0031568229     PISSN: 00039861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1996.9760     Document Type: Article

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