Synthetic Metalloproteins,

Abstract

With the success of chemical syntheses and purification of large polypeptides (less than 50 amino acid residues) attention now focuses on developing protocols to correctly fold these products to generate species with high levels of bioactivity. The art of 'breathing life' into these molecules requires denaturation/renaturation, reduction/oxidation of sulfhydryls and assembly of holoproteins from apo-forms. We outline herein some of the strategies employed to assemble metalloproteins with activities essentially identical to that of their native counterparts.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADP008433

Entities

People

  • John H. Richards
  • John M. Tomich

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amino Acids
  • Assembly
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Massachusetts
  • Metalloproteins
  • Molecules
  • Oxidation
  • Respiration

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Systems Analysis and Design