Final Report to the Office of Naval Research.

Abstract

The spin-label studies of hemoglobin provide many basic examples of how the spin-label technique may be applied to biological systems. It became clear that covalently attached spin labels are extremely sensitive probes when differences between a 'strongly-immobilized' spectrum and one with 'weaker immobilization' were correlated with the function of a biological model. These techniques are now readily applicable to analyses of other isolated proteins. A concerted transition model was developed, that accounts for several biochemical and biophysical functional properties of hemoglobin, and homoglobin mutants. Continued development of spin-label magnetic resonance methods for determination of the rates of very slow molecular motion (molecular motions with correlations in the range of .001 to .0000001 sec) is reported.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 03, 1976
Accession Number
ADA039690

Entities

People

  • Harden M. Mcconnell

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biochemistry
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Crystals
  • Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
  • Equations
  • Free Radicals
  • Hemoglobin
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Military Research
  • Molecules
  • Paramagnetic Resonance
  • Physical Properties
  • Quantum Properties
  • Resonance
  • Single Crystals
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Electrochemical Surface Science
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology