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. 1976 Sep 1;157(3):781–784. doi: 10.1042/bj1570781

Changes in conformation of reduced cytochrome c in neutral aqueous solution.

E J Land, A J Swallow
PMCID: PMC1163923  PMID: 10892

Abstract

In neutral aqueous solution, high concentrations of alcohols perturb cytochrome c in such a way that reduction by means of ionizing radiation results in the formation of abnormal conformers of ferrocytochrome c resembling those previously seen on reduction in alkaline solution. These relax to normal ferrocytochrome c in about 0.1 s.

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