Thermodynamic equilibrium between blue and green copper sites and the role of the protein in controlling function

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4969-4974

  Ghosh, Somdatta ^a   Xie, Xiangjin ^a   Dey, Abhishek ^a   Sun, Yan ^b   Scholes, Charles P ^b   Solomon, Edward I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER PROTEIN; METHIONINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AZURIN; BINDING SITES; COLOR; COPPER; LIGANDS; METHIONINE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASTOCYANIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 65249168774     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900995106     Document Type: Article

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