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. 1975 Apr;147(1):175–177. doi: 10.1042/bj1470175

A comparative study of some kinetic and spectral properties of guanidinated and native cytochrome c.

T Brittain, C Greenwood
PMCID: PMC1165387  PMID: 239700

Abstract

An investigation of the spectral and some kinetic properties of a chemically modified cytochrome c is presented. The kinetics of reduction by chromous ion and ascorbate are shown to be unchanged from that of the native molecule, as are the kinetics of NO binding. The effects of pH on the visible spectrum are discussed in terms of a possible change in the pattern of co-ordination of the molecule with changing pH.

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