Haemoglobin engineering. For fun and money

M Brunori; F Cutruzzolà; B Vallone

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(95)00091-1

Haemoglobin engineering. For fun and money

Curr Biol. 1995 May 1;5(5):462-5. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(95)00091-1.

Authors

M Brunori¹, F Cutruzzolà, B Vallone

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemical Sciences A. Rossi Fanelli, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.

PMID: 7583088
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(95)00091-1

Abstract

The recent transplantation of an unusual allosteric effect from crocodile to human haemoglobin has implications for both molecular evolution and the engineering of artificial blood substitutes.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Alligators and Crocodiles
Allosteric Regulation
Animals
Biological Evolution
Blood Substitutes / chemistry
Genetic Engineering*
Hemoglobins* / chemistry
Hemoglobins* / genetics
Humans
Molecular Structure

Substances

Blood Substitutes
Hemoglobins