Concerted changes in an allosteric macromolecule |
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Authors: | A Colosimo M Brunori J Wyman |
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Affiliation: | C.N.R. Center for Molecular Biology, Institutes of Biochemistry and Chemistry, University of Rome, and Regina Elena Institute for Cancer Research, Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | This paper reports an analysis of the behaviour of allosteric macromolecules in the framework of the simple Monod-Wyman-Changeux model. The emphasis is on the analysis of the reciprocal influence of the various parameters which enter into the model, with particular reference to the relationship among a number of sites in the macromolecule and the Hill parameter n. This appears of interest for the behaviour of some of the extremely large respiratory proteins containing up to 100, or more, oxygen binding sites, where a very large value of n is often coupled with a relatively small value of the total interaction free energy. |
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