The nature of ligand-induced conformational change in transferrin in solution. An investigation using X-ray scattering, XAFS and site-directed mutants

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 461-472

  Grossmann, J Günter ^a   Crawley, James B ^b   Strange, Richard W ^a   Patel, Kokila J ^b   Murphy, Loretta M ^a   Neu, Margarete ^a   Evans, Robert W ^b   Hasnain, S Samar ^a  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Domain closure; Interdomain cleft; Metal binding; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RADIATION SCATTERING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0032486130     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1787     Document Type: Article

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