Hemocyanins in Spiders, XVII. A Presumptive Active-Site Sequence of Arthropodan Hemocyanins
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Hoppe-Seyler´s Zeitschrift Für Physiologische Chemie
- Vol. 363 (1), 487-492
- https://doi.org/10.1515/bchm2.1982.363.1.487
Abstract
Peptides containing the sequence His-His-Trp-His-Trp-His- were isolated from the subunits e and a of tarantula (Eurypelma californicum) hemocyanin and III B of Limulus polyphemus hemocyanin. In view of the published spectroscopic and titration data on the copper-polypeptide complex and the strong quenching effect of oxygenation on hemocyanin fluorescence, it is concluded that this sequence represents the major part of the active site of Eurypelma, Limulus and possibly other arthropod hemocyanins.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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