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Interstrand loops CD and EF act as pH-dependent gates to regulate fatty acid ligand binding in tear lipocalin.
Biochemistry - 12 Oct 2004
Gasymov Oktay K, Abduragimov Adil R, Yusifov Taleh N, Glasgow Ben J
Abstract excerpt
Tear lipocalin (TL), a major component of human tears, shows pH-dependent endogenous ligand binding. The structural and conformational changes associated with ligand release in the pH range of 7.5-3.0 are monitored by circular dichroism spectroscopy and site-directed tryptophan fluorescence. In the transition from pH 7.5 to pH 5.5, the ligand affinity for 16-(9-anthroyloxy)palmitic acid (16AP) and...
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