Unusual stability of human neuroglobin at low pH - Molecular mechanisms and biological significance

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7027-7039

  Picotti, Paola ^a,d   Dewilde, Sylvia ^b   Fago, Angela ^c   Hundahl, Christian ^c   De Filippis, Vincenzo ^a   Moens, Luc ^b   Fontana, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acid stability; Globins; Limited proteolysis; Neuroglobin; Oxygen affinity

Indexed keywords

NEUROGLOBIN; OXYGEN; POLYPEPTIDE; UREA;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL PH; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLOBINS; HEME; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OXYGEN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; UREA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70449713658     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07416.x     Document Type: Article

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