Subunit interactions of lobster hemocyanin. I. Ultracentrifuge studies |
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Authors: | K Morimoto G Kegeles |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610 U.S.A.;2. Section of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06268 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Subunit interactions in the hemocyanin of New England lobster, Homarus americanus, were investigated by means of the ultracentrifuge, using sedimentation velocity and Archibald molecular weight methods. It was verified that a 17S species dimerizes rapidly and reversibly to form a 25S species in the pH range 9.4–9.7 in the presence of calcium ion. From the Ca2+ and pH dependence of the equilibrium constant for this process, the absorption of approximately five calcium ions and three protons accompany the formation of one molecule of the 25S species. The sedimentation velocity patterns were also found to shift in favor of the 17S species with the imposition of excess hydrostatic pressure. |
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