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. 1974 Jul;1(7):865–880. doi: 10.1093/nar/1.7.865

The structure and properties of histone F2a comprising the heterologous group F2a and F2a2 studied by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance

VM Clark 1, DMJ Lilley 1, OW Howarth 1, BM Richards' 1, JF Pardon' 1
PMCID: PMC343390  PMID: 10793719

Abstract

13C n.m.r. spectra have been obtained for aqueous solutions of histones F2a1 and F2a2, for the group F2a, for the appropriate amino acid mixturesand for the corresponding hydrolysates. These, when compared with computer simulated spectra give good agreement for secondary structure with that calculated from the known primary structure of the proteins. Evidence based on the spectra obtained at various salt concentrations leads to the conclusion that F2a is not a simple mixture but an interacting heterologous group of histones F2a1 and F2a2.

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