The Unique Kinetics of Iron Release from Transferrin: The Role of Receptor, Lobe-Lobe Interactions, and Salt at Endosomal pH

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-140

  Byrne, Shaina L ^a   Chasteen, N Dennis ^b   Steere, Ashley N ^a   Mason, Anne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

iron release kinetics; iron release model; salt effect; stopped flow fluorescence

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; IRON KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 74649086808     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.11.023     Document Type: Article

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