Near-ultraviolet circular dichroic activity of apomyoglobin: Resolution of the individual tryptophanyl contributions by site-directed mutagenesis

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-31

  Sirangelo, Ivana ^a   Bismuto, Ettore ^a   Tavassi, Simona ^a   Irace, Gaetano ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apomyoglobin; Near ultraviolet circular dichroism; Recombinant apomyoglobin; Site directed mutagenesis; Tryptophanyl residues

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WHALE;

ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN; WHALES;

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON;

EID: 0031907512     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050107     Document Type: Article

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