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Structural properties, conformational stability and oxygen binding properties of Penaeus monodon hemocyanin

Mariano BeltraminiNadja HellmannFolco GiomiNicholas ColangeloP. Di MuroBenedetto SalvatoHeinz DeckerLuigi Bubacco

subject

Protein Conformationmedicine.medical_treatmentGeneral Physics and AstronomyBiologyPenaeus monodon03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicinePenaeidaeStructural BiologymedicineAnimalsGeneral Materials Science030304 developmental biology0303 health sciencesEcologyActive siteHemocyaninCell Biologybiology.organism_classificationOxygenMonomerchemistryHemocyaninsBiophysicsbiology.proteinProtein quaternary structureConformational stability030217 neurology & neurosurgeryOxygen binding

description

Hemocyanin sequences allineament shows the presence of highly invariant regions especially in the active site and in the tight intersubunits interaction sites. Comparing the aminoacids in contact regions between monomers is possible to interpret the stability of hexamers.

http://hdl.handle.net/11577/2439799