Electrostatic Tuning of the Ligand Binding Mechanism by Glu27 in Nitrophorin 7.
Stefania Abbruzzetti,
Alessandro Allegri,
Axel Bidon-Chanal,
Hideaki Ogata,
Giancarlo Soavi,
Giulio Cerullo,
Stefano Bruno,
Chiara Montali,
F Javier Luque,
Cristiano Viappiani
Nov 21, 2018
Nitrophorins (NP) 1-7 are NO-carrying heme proteins found in the saliva of the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus. The isoform NP7 displays peculiar properties, such as an abnormally high isoelectric point, the ability to...