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Possible Structural and Functional Differences of the Two Conformers of Myoglobin-like Molecules with Respect to the Haem-Haem Interaction

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IN spite of the significance of myoglobin (Mb)1 the details of its functional mechanism remain unknown. This is probably due, first, to the lack of physical models for the oxygenation mechanism2 and, second, to the scant knowledge of the properties of the different conformations of Mb in the native state.

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  1. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 13

    BORIS P. ATANASOV

  2. Institute of Protein Research, Academy of Sciences, USSR, Poustchino

    BORIS P. ATANASOV

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ATANASOV, B. Possible Structural and Functional Differences of the Two Conformers of Myoglobin-like Molecules with Respect to the Haem-Haem Interaction. Nature 233, 560–561 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233560a0

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