La unión de ligandos y los movimientos conformacionales en la mioglobina

A Ostermann1, R Waschipky, F G Parak

  • 1Fakultät für Physik, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.

Nature
|March 21, 2000
PubMed
Resumen

Por debajo de 180 K, los ligandos fotodissociados en la mioglobina (Mb) migran dentro de una proteína congelada. Por encima de 180 K, los ligandos escapan del bolsillo distal a través de fluctuaciones de proteínas, revelando la dinámica ligando-proteína.

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