Hemoglobin: structure, function and allostery

MH Ahmed, MS Ghatge, MK Safo - Vertebrate and invertebrate respiratory …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter reviews how allosteric (heterotrophic) effectors and natural mutations impact
hemoglobin (Hb) primary physiological function of oxygen binding and transport. First, an …

The ensemble nature of allostery

HN Motlagh, JO Wrabl, J Li, VJ Hilser - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Allostery is the process by which biological macromolecules (mostly proteins) transmit the
effect of binding at one site to another, often distal, functional site, allowing for regulation of …

Optical properties of human skin

T Lister, PA Wright, PH Chappell - Journal of biomedical optics, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A survey of the literature is presented that provides an analysis of the optical properties of
human skin, with particular regard to their applications in medicine. Included is a description …

Structure and function of haemoglobins

DA Gell - Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
Haemoglobin (Hb) is widely known as the iron-containing protein in blood that is essential
for O 2 transport in mammals. Less widely recognised is that erythrocyte Hb belongs to a …

Proteomic and phosphoproteomic landscapes of acute myeloid leukemia

MH Kramer, Q Zhang, R Sprung, RB Day… - Blood, The Journal …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
We have developed a deep-scale proteome and phosphoproteome database from 44
representative acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients from the LAML TCGA dataset and 6 …

NMR characterization of the dynamics of biomacromolecules

AG Palmer III - Chemical reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
Function in biological systems is exquisitely dependent on spatial and temporal changes in
biomacromolecules. Innumerable biological processes ultimately rely on transduction of …

The role of dynamics in allosteric regulation

D Kern, ERP Zuiderweg - Current opinion in structural biology, 2003 - Elsevier
The biomolecular conformational changes often associated with allostery are, by definition,
dynamic processes. Recent publications have disclosed the role of pre-existing equilibria of …

[HTML][HTML] Ionic liquids as protein stabilizers for biological and biomedical applications: A review

NV Veríssimo, FA Vicente, RC de Oliveira… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biotechnology has revolutionized science and health care by providing new biomolecules
with biological and medical applications. However, the low stability of several life-saving …

Cooperativity principles in self-assembled nanomedicine

Y Li, Y Wang, G Huang, J Gao - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Nanomedicine is a discipline that applies nanoscience and nanotechnology principles to the
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases. Self-assembly of molecular …

Residual dipolar couplings in structure determination of biomolecules

JH Prestegard, CM Bougault, AI Kishore - Chemical reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
The use of residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) in the analysis of biomolecular structure and
dynamics has expanded rapidly since its potential as a source of structural information on …