SALT-INDUCED REFOLDING OF MYOGLOBIN AT ACIDIC PH - MOLECULAR-PROPERTIES OF A PARTLY FOLDED INTERMEDIATE

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BISMUTO, E [1 ]
SIRANGELO, I [1 ]
IRACE, G [1 ]
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[1] NAPLES UNIV,DIPARTIMENTO BIOCHIM & BIOFIS,VIA COSTANTINOPOLI 16,I-80138 NAPLES,ITALY
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10.1016/0003-9861(92)90458-9
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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The molecular properties of the salt-induced partly folded acidic state of apomyoglobin as well as myoglobin were investigated by fluorescence and circular dichroism of the extrinsic fluorophore 1,8-anilinonaphthalenesulfonate. The occurrence of a fluctuating tertiary structure ("molten globule") at acidic pH in the presence of salt was suggested by the disappearance of the dichroic activity of the fluorophore bound to the partly folded protein. Moreover, the structure of the intermediate is not influenced by the presence of heme, thus suggesting that heme is not crucial in the early stage of myoglobin folding. © 1992.
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