The Influence of Pressure on The Low-Temperature Kinetics of Myoglobin
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description: The recombination of carbon monoxide and dioxygen to horse and sperm whale myoglobin at low temperatures (60 - 160K) was studied using high pressure flash photolysis techniques. By comparing the pressure dependence when the system is first frozen and then pressurized with the pressure dependence when the system is first pressurized and then frozen, the total volume change for the reaction can be resolved into an activation volume component and a conformational volume component. Strong evidence requiring both conformational volume and activation volume components was found. Over the pressure range studied (0.1 - 200 MPa) the observed volume changes were independent of the applied pressure.
abstract: The recombination of carbon monoxide and dioxygen to horse and sperm whale myoglobin at low temperatures (60 - 160K) was studied using high pressure flash photolysis techniques. By comparing the pressure dependence when the system is first frozen and then pressurized with the pressure dependence when the system is first pressurized and then frozen, the total volume change for the reaction can be resolved into an activation volume component and a conformational volume component. Strong evidence requiring both conformational volume and activation volume components was found. Over the pressure range studied (0.1 - 200 MPa) the observed volume changes were independent of the applied pressure.
author: Sorensen, Larry Brice
language: eng
keywords: Physics, Molecular
date published: 2015-05-13T15:22:21Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:26:10Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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