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Distinct domain responses of R-state human hemoglobins A, C, and S to anions.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Chen Qiuying, Bonaventura Celia, Nagel Ronald L, Hirsch Rhoda Elison
Abstract excerpt
Anionic regulation of hemoglobin (Hb) is of increasing interest for the design of Hb-based oxygen carriers. Even "external" amino-acid substitutions can alter the nature and extent of anionic control. This was shown by evaluation of the anion sensitivities of liganded, R-state, forms of HbA, HbC (beta6 Glu --> Lys) and HbS (beta6 Glu --> Val). The beta6 mutants differ in the anion-sensitivity of their central...
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