Defining the role of the axial ligand of the type 1 copper site in amicyanin by replacement of methionine with leucine

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 39, 2009, Pages 9174-9184

  Choi, Moonsung ^a   Sukumar, Narayanasami ^b   Liu, Aimin ^c   Davidson, Victor L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMICYANIN; AXIAL LIGAND; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COPPER COORDINATION; COPPER SITES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; EPR SPECTRA; MIDPOINT POTENTIALS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGANDS;

COPPER;

AMICYANIN; CUPROUS ION; CYTOCHROME C; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; LIGAND; METHIONINE;

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COPPER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LEUCINE; LIGANDS; METALLOPROTEINS; METHIONINE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 70349631652     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi900836h     Document Type: Article

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