Occurrence and formation of endogenous histidine hexa-coordination in cold-adapted hemoglobins

IUBMB Life

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 295-303

  Merlino, Antonello ^a,b   Howes, Barry D ^c   Prisco, Guido Di ^d   Verde, Cinzia ^d   Smulevich, Giulietta ^c   Mazzarella, Lelio ^a,b   Vergara, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

crystallography; EPR; hemichrome; quaternary structure; resonance Raman; root effect

Indexed keywords

HEME; HEMICHROME; HEMOGLOBIN; HISTIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTARCTIC FISH; FISH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEME; HEMEPROTEINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; IRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 79958037907     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.446     Document Type: Review

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