Active site loop dictates the thermodynamics of reduction and ligand protonation in cupredoxins

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1794, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 995-1000

  Battistuzzi, Gianantonio ^a   Borsari, Marco ^a   Dennison, Christopher ^b   Li, Chan ^b   Ranieri, Antonio ^a   Sola, Marco ^a,c   Yanagisawa, Sachiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conformational transition; Cupredoxin; Electrochemistry; Electron transfer; Reduction potential; Thermodynamic parameters

Indexed keywords

AMICYANIN; AZURIN; COPPER; COPPER PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; METHIONINE; PLASTOCYANIN; PROTON; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIPOLE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENTHALPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REDUCTION KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AZURIN; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; LIGANDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 67349108661     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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