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. 1969 Jan;62(1):171–178. doi: 10.1073/pnas.62.1.171

ON THE CONFORMATIONAL INSTABILITY OF HUMAN SERUM LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN: EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE*

A Scanu 1,2,3,†, H Pollard 1,2,3, R Hirz 1,2,3,‡, K Kothary 1,2,3,§
PMCID: PMC285970  PMID: 5253654

Abstract

When examined by circular dichroism and ultraviolet spectroscopy, human serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and its delipidated product, apo LDL, exhibited reversible thermal changes. The more marked temperature sensitivity of apo LDL as compared to LDL was taken to support a constraining role by lipids on the observed structural instability of the apoprotein.

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