Mechanisms of cooperativity and allosteric regulation in proteins

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Mechanisms of cooperativity and allosteric regulation in proteins

Max Perutz

Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Bibliography: p. 86-98

Includes index

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In this book Max Perutz, who won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for his work on the structure of haemoglobin, shows how the functions of several allosteric proteins can be understood on the basis of their molecular mechanisms.

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Haemoglobin: Dependence of allosteric equilibrium on spin state and coordination of the haem iron 3. Haemocyanin: Dependence of allosteric equilibrium on coordination and valency of a binuclear copper complex 4. Haemerythrin: Cooperativity in a binuclear iron complex 5. Glycogen phosphorylase: Control of glycolysis 6. Phosphofructokinase: Further control of glycolysis 7. Feedback inhibition of a biosynthetic pathway: Aspartate Transcarbamoylase 8. Control of nitrogen metabolism: Glutamine synthetase 9. Cooperativity and feedback inhibition without change of quaternary structure: The "trp" and "met" repressors of E. Coli 10. Immunoglobulins: Cooperative binding to multivalent antigens 11. Allosteric membrane proteins.

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