A macromolecular transducer as illustrated by trout hemoglobin IV.
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Oxygen binding by trout Hb IV has been investigated as a function of pH up to 10 atmospheres (1 MPa) of pure O2. The results bring out an extreme proton-oxygen linkage, which gives rise to a Root effect. They are discussed in relation to the function of the hemoglobin as an oxygen pump. The system is of special interest as providing a prototype of a macromolecule acting as a transducer by coupling two allosterically linked reactions.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
دوره 75 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978