Protonation of histidine 55 affects the oxygen access to heme in the alpha chain of the hemoglobin from the Antarctic fish Trematomus bernacchii

IUBMB Life

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 175-182

  Boechi, Leonardo ^a   Martaì, Marcelo A ^a   Vergara, Alessandro ^b,c   Sica, Filomena ^b,c   Mazzarella, Lelio ^b,c   Estrin, Dario A ^a   Merlino, Antonello ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

hemoglobin; implicit ligand sampling; molecular dynamics simulations; oxygen binding; pH; Trematomus bernacchii

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HISTIDINE;

ANTARCTICA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; HEME; HEMOGLOBINS; HISTIDINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXYGEN; PROTONS;

TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII;

EID: 79953251135     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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