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Eric C. Niederhoffer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Sperm whale myglobin in the deoxy (1a6n) and oxy (1a6m) states

Vojtechovsky, J., J. Berendzen, K. Chu, I. Schlichting, and R. M. Sweet. Implications for the mechanism of ligand discrimination and identification of substates derived from crystal structures of myoglobin-ligand complexes at atomic resolution, to be published.

Myoglobin (1a6n) deoxy

Myoglobin (1a6m) oxy

Active Site Views

  • Push the button  to observe the following residues near the iron center:
His64, His93
  • Push the button  to observe heme stabilizing residues:
Arg45, His64, His93, His97, Ile99, Leu89, Phe43, Ser92, Thr67, Val68

Push button  for Original View

Active Site Views

  • Push the button  to observe the following residues near the iron center:
His64, His93, and one dioxygen ligand
  • Push the button  to observe heme stabilizing residues:
Arg45, His64, His93, His97, Ile99, Leu89, Phe43, Ser92, Thr67, Val68, and one dioxygen ligand

Push button  for Original View

 

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