'It's hollow': The function of pores within myoglobin

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2748-2754

  Tomita, Ayana ^a,b   Kreutzer, Ulrike ^c   Adachi, Shin Ichi ^b,d   Koshihara, Shin Ya ^a,b   Jue, Thomas ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS STRUCTURE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystallography; Laser; Ligand migration; NMR; Oxygen; Protein; Respiration; Seal

Indexed keywords

HEME; MYOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEME; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MYOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 77955646486     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.042994     Document Type: Review

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