Ligand-dependent reactivity of the CysB5[23] b sulfhydryl group of the major haemoglobin of chicken
Chicken haemoglobin contains eight reactive sulfhydryl groups per (tetramer) molecule, as determined by Boyer titration with
p-chloromercury(II)benzoic acid. However, only four of these sulfhydryls are reactive towards 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid)
(DTNB). They are at the F9[93] and B5[23] positions of each of the two beta subunits in the molecule. The time course of the DTNB reaction...
KO Okonjo & SO Nwozo
Okonjo Kehinde » Born 1942. Educated King's College, Lagos (1957-63). BSc, PhD (University of Ibadan). Retired Professor of Chemistry, University of Ibadan. Currently Professor of Chemistry, Covenant University. Current research interests: Kinetics and thermodynamics of reactions of reaction of Ellman's reagent with hemoglobin sulphydryl groups. Publications in such high impact journals as the Journal of... view full profile