Structure of human methaemoglobin: The variation of a theme

Biswal, BK and Vijayan, M (2001) Structure of human methaemoglobin: The variation of a theme. In: Current Science, 81 (8). pp. 1100-1105.

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Abstract

There has been considerable interest in the variability of the structure of the liganded haemoglobin after characterization of the R2 state in addition to the original relaxed R state. The structures of three crystallographically independent relaxed haemoglobin molecules have been determined through the X-ray structure analysis of the crystals of human methaemoglobin. The three molecules have quaternary structures intermediate between those of the R and R2 structures. The same is true about the disposition of residues in the switch region. Thus it would appear that haemoglobin can access different relaxed states with varying degrees of similarity among them.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Current Science
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	The copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited:	13 Sep 2004
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:16
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/1851

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