The redox couple of the cytochrome c cyanide complex: The contribution of heme iron ligation to the structural stability, chemical reactivity, and physiological behavior of horse cytochrome c

Protein Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 234-241

  Schejter, Abel ^a   Ryan, Michael D ^b   Blizzard, Erica R ^c   Zhang, Chongyao ^c   Margoliash, Emanuel ^d   Feinberg, Benjamin A ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanide coordination; Cyt c cyanide complex; Cytochrome c; Protein stability; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; CYTOCHROME C; HEME; IRON;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFORMATION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REDUCTION; SOLVATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CYANIDES; CYTOCHROMES C; ELECTROSTATICS; ENTROPY; HEME; HORSES; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 31344478802     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051825906     Document Type: Article

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