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Conformational and functional properties of hemoglobin in water–organic cosolvent mixtures: Effect of ethylene glycol and glycerol on oxygen affinity

✍ Scribed by Donatella Bulone; Antonio Cupane; Lorenzo Cordone


Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
1983
Tongue
English
Weight
215 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0006-3525

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✦ Synopsis


We report on the effects that the presence of ethylene glycol or glycerol has on the oxygen affinity of hemoglobin. We attribute these effects to an altered equilibrium between T and R quaternary conformations of hernoglobin and separate them into hulk-electrostatic and non-bulk-electrostatic contributions to the standard free-energy difference between the R and T states.