Anticooperative ligand binding properties of recombinant ferric Vitreoscilla homodimeric hemoglobin: A thermodynamic, kinetic and X-ray crystallographic study

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 637-650

  Bolognesi, Martino ^a,b   Boffi, Alberto ^c   Coletta, Massimo ^d   Mozzarelli, Andrea ^e   Pesce, Alessandra ^a,f   Tarricone, Cataldo ^b   Ascenzi, Paolo ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticooperative ligand binding properties; Crystallography; Kinetics; Recombinant homodimeric vitreoscilla hemoglobin; Thermodynamics; X ray

Indexed keywords

AZIDE; CYANIDE; DIMER; IMIDAZOLE; METHEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THIOCYANATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BINDING KINETICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033588328     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2975     Document Type: Article

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