X-ray structural studies of some metalloproteins

Abstract

Metalloproteins are an important class of proteins and perform a variety of biological processes. They are ideally suited for Synchrotron Radiation studies. In particular, X-ray region of the spectrum has been very effectively exploited not only for crystallographic structure determinations but X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) and more recently X-ray solution scattering techniques have also been used in providing unique information which have helped in improving our understanding of the structure/function relationships for several metalloproteins. © 1994 IUPAC